Telecommunications Defence System Shielding Vulnerability Scanning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Client telecommunications systems face challenges in effectively identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities due to unreliable self-scanning and lack of expertise in remediation, leading to unsuccessful security measures against third-party attacks.
Innovation Solution
A telecommunications defence system comprising a server with a shielding application and a scanning application that generates shield signals to protect the system from external vulnerabilities, and scanning signals to identify vulnerabilities both with and without the shield, allowing for comparison and generation of output signals to assess unshielded vulnerabilities and the effectiveness of the shielding.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If client performs self-scanning for vulnerabilities, then scanning frequency increases, but scanning reliability and accuracy deteriorate due to lack of expertise in understanding results and remediation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a third-party scanning service as an intermediary between the client system and vulnerability detection. This mediator performs scans on behalf of clients, interprets results, and provides remediation guidance, thereby maintaining high scanning frequency while ensuring reliable and accurate vulnerability identification through expert analysis.
2Measurement precision
If third-party scanning service is used, then scanning expertise and result interpretation improve, but response time and remediation speed worsen due to communication delays and scheduling constraints
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary scanning and vulnerability identification by the third-party service before actual attacks occur. By detecting and reporting vulnerabilities in advance, the system allows clients to remediate issues proactively rather than reactively, reducing the time loss associated with post-attack response and emergency fixes.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If shielding is applied to protect from vulnerabilities, then security protection improves, but vulnerability scanning accuracy worsens due to shield interference blocking detection signals
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the scanning process into two distinct phases: unshielded scanning to detect vulnerabilities, and shielded scanning to verify protection effectiveness. By separating these functions temporally and methodologically, the system maintains both accurate vulnerability detection and proper security shielding without mutual interference.
4Measurement precision
If comprehensive vulnerability scanning is performed, then vulnerability identification improves, but system complexity and resource requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses a third-party scanning service as an intermediary to perform comprehensive vulnerability scans remotely. This approach enables thorough scanning with high identification accuracy while avoiding the complexity and resource burden of maintaining sophisticated scanning infrastructure within the client's own system.
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AI summary
A telecommunications defence system (TDS) comprises at least one server adapted to communicate with a client telecommunications system (ClientTS) via a telecommunications network, a shielding application (ShieldApp) and a scanning application (ScanApp). The ShieldApp causes the server to generate a shield signal providing at least one shield that shields the ClientTS from at least one external vulnerability. The ScanApp generates a first scanning signal which scans the ClientTS for vulnerabilities without shielding by the shield. The TDS produces a first signal indicative of vulnerabilities of the ClientTS determined by the first scanning signal. The ScanApp generates a second scanning signal which scans the ClientTS for vulnerabilities whilst being shielded. The TDS produces a second signal indicative of vulnerabilities of the ClientTS determined by the second scanning signal. The TDS compares the first and second signals and generates an output indicative of unshielded vulnerabilities.