Software Package Security Scanning for Deployment Vulnerabilities

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current software package deployment technologies are inefficient and unreliable in verifying software packages for security vulnerabilities and compatibility, leading to potential security threats and compliance issues during deployment.

Innovation Solution

A system that selects software packages based on user requests and experience levels, scans for security vulnerabilities, and remotely deploys or recalls packages to ensure compatibility and security, using a processor and memory to analyze and manage software packages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If manual confirmation methods are used for verifying software packages, then the verification process can be performed with simple technologies, but the auditing is reactive and costly in terms of time, processing, and memory resources

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveverification process simplicityVSAvoidauditing efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary security scanning and verification of software packages before deployment. The security module scans packages for vulnerabilities, checks compatibility with receiving systems, and validates compliance with user requirements in advance, transforming reactive manual auditing into proactive automated verification that prevents security issues before they reach production environments

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system replaces manual confirmation processes with automated electronic verification. A processor-based system automatically scans software packages, checks security vulnerabilities, verifies compatibility, and confirms deployment appropriateness without human intervention, eliminating the time and resource costs associated with manual auditing while maintaining thorough verification

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Speed

If current verification technologies are used, then the deployment process can proceed quickly, but software packages may contain security vulnerabilities that make systems vulnerable to security threats

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment speedVSAvoidsecurity vulnerability detection

Core Design Contradiction:

SpeedVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces a security module as an intermediary between package selection and deployment. This module automatically scans packages for security vulnerabilities, checks compatibility with receiving systems, and validates compliance with user requirements, ensuring that deployment speed is not compromised by inserting a thorough security verification step that filters out vulnerable packages before they can threaten system security

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service security verification where the security module autonomously scans and evaluates software packages without requiring manual security audits. The automated process independently checks for vulnerabilities, compatibility issues, and compliance requirements, maintaining fast deployment speeds while ensuring reliable security detection through continuous automated monitoring

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

3Reliability

If comprehensive security scanning is performed on all software packages, then security vulnerability detection is improved, but the processing and memory resources required increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesecurity vulnerability detection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing and memory resource consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The system extracts and focuses scanning efforts on critical security-relevant components within software packages rather than performing exhaustive analysis of all code. The security module targets specific vulnerability patterns, compatibility issues, and compliance requirements, reducing processing and memory resource consumption while maintaining high detection accuracy for security threats

Inventive Principle:

Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different verification depths to different parts of software packages based on their security criticality. High-risk components receive comprehensive scanning while lower-risk elements receive streamlined checking, optimizing the balance between detection accuracy and resource consumption by allocating processing power where security threats are most likely to manifest

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

Data Source

PatentUS11550925B2Information security system for identifying potential security threats in software package deployment

Publication Date: 2023.01.10 BANK OF AMERICA CORP

AI summary

A system for determining a software package for deployment based on a user request receives a request from the user to access software packages to perform a particular task. The system determines particular software packages for the user, based on an experience level of the user in performing the particular task. The system determines whether a security vulnerability is associated with the determined software packages by scanning the source code of the determined software package and searching for instances where a code portion includes open ports vulnerable to unauthorized access. If it is determined that no security vulnerability is associated with the determined software packages, the system deploys the determined software packages to a computing device from which the user sent the request.