External Storage Decontamination Station With Certificate Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing anti-virus and anti-malware solutions for external storage devices require significant computational resources, cause operational delays, and lack efficient means to scan and decontaminate devices without redundancy, especially in safety-critical environments, and fail to prevent the spread of cybersecurity threats.
Innovation Solution
A cleaning station equipped with anti-virus and anti-malware modules scans and decontaminates external storage devices before connection to computing devices, generating an electronic certificate to ensure integrity and authenticity, and updates its modules through a master server.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If existing anti-malware solutions scan external storage devices after connection to computing devices, then cybersecurity threats can be detected and removed, but the computing devices risk being infected by new threats not in their databases and significant computational resources are consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the anti-malware scanning function into a separate dedicated cleaning station, independent from the computing devices. This segmentation allows the cleaning station to handle all scanning and decontamination operations, preventing computational resource consumption on computing devices while maintaining reliable cybersecurity protection through specialized hardware dedicated to threat detection and removal.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning station performs preliminary scanning and decontamination of external storage devices before they are connected to computing devices. By conducting security checks in advance, the system prevents infection of computing devices and eliminates the need for post-connection scanning, thereby reducing computational resource consumption on the computing devices while maintaining reliable security protection.
2Reliability
If multiple complementary anti-virus and anti-malware solutions are employed for comprehensive protection, then cybersecurity coverage is improved, but computational expenditure and redundancy are exacerbated
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple anti-virus and anti-malware scanning functions into a single integrated cleaning station. This consolidation provides comprehensive cybersecurity coverage through multiple scanning engines while eliminating the complexity of managing multiple separate solutions on computing devices, as all security operations are centralized in one dedicated system.
Solution Approach 2:
The cleaning station acts as an intermediary between external storage devices and computing devices, performing all security scanning and decontamination operations. This intermediary role allows comprehensive multi-engine scanning to be conducted centrally, providing thorough security coverage while simplifying the overall system architecture by removing the need for multiple security solutions on end-user devices.
3Reliability
If data in external storage device is scanned each time it is connected to computing device, then security is maintained, but computational expense increases and redundant scanning occurs when data is unchanged
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning station performs preliminary scanning and decontamination of external storage devices before they are connected to computing devices. This advance security check ensures that only cleaned devices are transferred to computing devices, maintaining security while eliminating the need for repeated scanning of unchanged data, thereby reducing scanning time and computational expense.
4Reliability
If scanning and decontamination is performed before connection to computing devices, then infection risk is reduced, but a dedicated cleaning infrastructure is required
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning station serves as an intermediary device that bridges external storage devices and computing devices. By positioning this dedicated cleaning infrastructure as a central mediator, the system enables pre-connection scanning and decontamination that prevents infections while managing infrastructure complexity through a standardized, centralized approach rather than distributed solutions.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a cleaning station configured to decontaminate external storage devices from cybersecurity threats. The cleaning station is configured to scan files in the external storage device using a decontamination means, the decontamination means including one or more anti-virus modules and one or more anti-malware modules. The cleaning station decontaminates the external storage device, and generates an electronic certificate on the external storage device. The cleaning station receives an update signal from a master server, through a management server, which ensures the decontamination means are updated with signatures updates.