Dynamic Security Posture Modeling for Threat Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity systems and architectures face challenges such as lack of integrated incident response capabilities, complex procurement processes for incident response services, and inability to dynamically adapt to changing security threats.
Innovation Solution
A method for modeling proof-of-controls that involves identifying a proof token for a prospective entity, modeling it with protection parameters to generate protection eligibility, and providing a protection product for the entity's infrastructure. This method also includes activating the protection product, normalizing incident data, and providing it to third-party systems for herd inoculation against cybersecurity incidents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional cybersecurity systems are used, then basic protection is provided, but they lack integrated incident response capabilities and cannot dynamically adapt to changing threats
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements dynamic adaptation by continuously monitoring security posture changes and automatically adjusting protection parameters. The security posture assessment mechanism evaluates entity vulnerabilities in real-time and modifies incident response strategies accordingly, enabling the system to adapt to evolving threats while maintaining reliable incident response capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates feedback loops where incident response outcomes are analyzed and used to improve future responses. Security events are tracked, assessed, and fed back into the risk modeling system to refine protection parameters and enhance incident response capabilities over time, creating a continuously improving security framework.
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If comprehensive security monitoring is implemented, then threat detection capability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments security monitoring into distinct functional modules: security event collection, posture assessment, risk modeling, and incident response. Each module handles specific aspects of threat detection independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining comprehensive detection capability through coordinated operation of these specialized components.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces intermediary components such as security posture assessments and risk models that mediate between raw security events and incident response actions. These intermediaries process and contextualize security data, simplifying the complexity of direct threat detection while enhancing the ability to detect and respond to threats effectively.
3Reliability
If customized protection frameworks are provided for each entity, then security effectiveness is improved, but procurement and implementation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system customizes protection for each entity by dynamically adjusting security parameters based on entity-specific risk assessments. Rather than implementing entirely custom frameworks, the system modifies parameters such as protection levels, monitoring intensity, and response strategies according to each entity's security posture, achieving effective customized protection while simplifying procurement through standardized parameter adjustment.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. One system includes one or more processing circuits configured to identify at least one token including a proof and a posture state of an entity computing environment. The one or more processing circuits can determine a protection data structure for protection of the entity computing environment based at least on modeling the at least one token with one or more protection parameters of the protection data structure and one or more value parameters set for the entity computing environment based on the proof or the posture state. The one or more processing circuits can provide the at least one token to a distributed ledger or data source. The one or more processing circuits can cause an activation of the protection data structure by facilitating at least one connection to identify, receive, or monitor environmental data of the entity computing environment.