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
Engineering 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
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.
2Reliability
If control results are propagated to all entities, then compliance coverage is improved, but redundant compliance efforts and resource consumption increase
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.
3Productivity
If selective propagation based on relationships is implemented, then resource efficiency is improved, but propagation accuracy requirements increase
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.
Data Source
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.


