Unauthorized Data Access Redirection to Controlled Environments

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Solution Overview

Problem

There is a need for a system that can identify and redirect incoming unauthorized data access requests to protect sensitive data from unauthorized access.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising a processing device configured to execute computer-readable program code that monitors data access requests, identifies unauthorized requests based on compromised credentials or anonymous IP addresses, and redirects them to a controlled environment, generating fictitious data and capturing interactions to secure the real-time environment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional security monitoring systems are used to detect unauthorized data access requests, then detection capability is limited, but system complexity and false positives increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedetection capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a controlled environment as an intermediary between the real-time production environment and unauthorized access attempts. This controlled environment acts as a mediator that captures and analyzes unauthorized requests without directly impacting the production system, thereby improving detection precision while maintaining system simplicity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent creates a copy of the production environment (controlled environment) that mirrors the structure and behavior of the real system. This copy allows security analysts to study unauthorized access patterns without compromising the actual production environment, improving detection accuracy while avoiding the complexity of modifying the production system itself.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If real-time monitoring of all data access requests is implemented, then unauthorized access detection improves, but processing overhead and response time worsen

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveunauthorized access detectionVSAvoidprocessing overhead

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the monitoring process by directing different types of requests to different environments. Authorized requests continue to access the production system normally, while suspicious requests are redirected to the controlled environment for analysis. This segmentation reduces processing overhead for legitimate traffic while maintaining high reliability for detecting unauthorized access.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the controlled environment with identical structure and data patterns before actual unauthorized access attempts occur. This preparation allows the system to quickly analyze and respond to unauthorized requests without requiring complex real-time processing, thereby reducing processing overhead while maintaining detection reliability.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

3Object-affected harmful factors

If unauthorized requests are blocked immediately, then data protection improves, but legitimate access may be denied and system functionality worsens

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedata protectionVSAvoidsystem functionality

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The controlled environment serves as an intermediary that captures unauthorized requests and analyzes their characteristics before any blocking decisions are made. This intermediary layer allows the system to protect data by studying attack patterns while ensuring that legitimate requests are not mistakenly blocked, thereby maintaining system functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements feedback mechanisms where the controlled environment continuously analyzes captured unauthorized requests and provides information back to the security monitoring system. This feedback loop enables the system to refine its detection algorithms and improve data protection while minimizing false positives that could block legitimate access, thus preserving system functionality.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20250335575A1System and method for identifying and redirecting incoming unauthorized data access requests

Publication Date: 2025.10.30 BANK OF AMERICA CORP

AI summary

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system for identifying and redirecting incoming unauthorized data access requests. The system is configured for continuously monitoring one or more incoming data access requests from one or more sources, identifying that a data access request of the one or more incoming data access requests is an unauthorized request, redirecting the data access request to a controlled environment, performing one or more actions in the controlled environment to capture one or more interactions associated with the data access request within the controlled environment, and automatically generating one or more controls to secure a real-time environment based on the one or more interactions captured within the controlled environment.