Automatic Security Elevation via Identity Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing security systems require manual authorization for elevating security levels, which can be inconvenient and may lead to inadvertent changes or malware risks when accessing computers at user levels.
Innovation Solution
A background service that automatically elevates a program's security level by verifying its identity against a list of conditions, allowing elevated access without manual authorization when the identity matches specific criteria associated with automatic elevation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual authorization is required for security level elevation, then security control is strengthened, but user convenience and system efficiency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs self-verification by checking the program's identity against stored conditions without requiring external manual authorization. The background service automatically determines whether to elevate security levels based on pre-configured conditions, eliminating the need for user intervention while maintaining security control.
Solution Approach 2:
The conditions for security elevation are pre-configured and stored in the system before runtime. When a program requests elevated access, the system compares the program's identity against these pre-established conditions, allowing rapid automated decision-making without requiring manual authorization at the moment of access request.
2Reliability
If manual authorization is required for security level elevation, then security control is strengthened, but system efficiency and productivity deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The background service autonomously handles security verification by comparing program identities against stored conditions, eliminating the need for manual authorization processes. This automated self-service mechanism maintains security control while significantly improving system efficiency by removing human intervention bottlenecks.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual authorization process is replaced with an automated computational verification system. The background service uses program identities and pre-stored conditions to automatically determine security level elevation, substituting the mechanical process of manual authorization with an efficient automated decision-making system.
3Ease of operation
If automatic security elevation is implemented, then user convenience and system efficiency are improved, but security risk from unauthorized access increases
Solution Approach 1:
The background service acts as an intermediary between program access requests and security level elevation. It verifies program identities against pre-configured conditions before granting elevated access, serving as a trusted mediator that enables automatic elevation while maintaining security control through verified identity matching.
Solution Approach 2:
Security conditions are pre-configured and stored before runtime, establishing authorized program identities and elevation criteria in advance. This preliminary setup allows the system to automatically verify and elevate security levels for legitimate programs while blocking unauthorized access, maintaining security without requiring manual intervention.
Data Source
AI summary
Security elevation techniques are described. In an implementation, a request is received for additional security access beyond that which is currently specified for a program. An identity that describes the program is checked with a plurality of conditions. The security level is automatically elevated to grant the additional security access when the identity corresponds to one of the conditions that indicates that the security level is to be automatically elevated.