Selective Propagation of Control Results in Enterprise Management

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current enterprise management systems face challenges in efficiently propagating control results across various entities and entity collections within a network infrastructure, leading to redundant compliance efforts and increased complexity in managing governance, risk, and compliance management.

Innovation Solution

A method and system for selectively propagating control results based on relationships between entities, where designated control results are stored and configured for propagation, allowing for automatic inheritance by related entities while enabling revocation and internal/external propagation options, thereby streamlining compliance management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If control results are propagated to all entities in the enterprise, then compliance coverage is improved, but system complexity and redundant compliance efforts increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance coverageVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements selective propagation of control results based on entity relationships and types. Control results are propagated only to specific entities that have relevant relationships (parent-child, member-entity, etc.) rather than universally to all entities. This localized approach ensures compliance coverage where needed while avoiding redundant propagation to unrelated entities, thereby reducing system complexity and redundant compliance efforts.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If control results are propagated to all entities, then compliance coverage is improved, but redundant compliance efforts and resource consumption increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance coverageVSAvoidresource consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system propagates control results selectively based on entity relationships and types, ensuring that each entity receives only the control results relevant to its role and responsibilities. This prevents redundant compliance efforts by avoiding propagation to entities that do not require those specific controls, thereby reducing resource consumption while maintaining comprehensive compliance coverage where needed.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Productivity

If selective propagation based on relationships is implemented, then resource efficiency is improved, but propagation accuracy requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource efficiencyVSAvoidpropagation accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent pre-establishes entity relationships and types within the enterprise management system before control result propagation occurs. Entities are classified with specific types (e.g., parent entities, child entities, members) and relationships are defined in advance. When control results need propagation, the system uses these pre-defined relationships to accurately determine which entities should receive which control results, eliminating the need for complex real-time relationship analysis and ensuring high propagation accuracy while maintaining resource efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Data Source

PatentUS10481570B1System and method for propagating control results in an enterprise
Publication Date: 2019.11.19 RESOLVER INC
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AI summary

System and method for propagating control results in an environment is disclosed. At least one control for compliance is designated for an entity. The entity complies with the at least one control and the result is measured to generate a control result, the control result stored in a data store. The generated control result is selectively designated for propagation in an enterprise management system. The enterprise management system is configured to propagate the designated generated control result to another entity, based on the selective designation. The designation of propagation of control result is based on a relationship between the entity and another entity.