Unified Security Compliance Framework for Legacy Systems

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current security compliance frameworks for ITIL environments are complex and costly, lacking an effective means to manage a single security compliance policy across multiple tools, leading to security vulnerabilities and disconnected compliance properties due to legacy data center systems not being designed for speed or repeatability.

Innovation Solution

A security compliance framework that authenticates users through an API, provides a dashboard for monitoring server performance, and automatically manages hardware and software issues, enforcing a single security compliance policy across all tools through a dynamic deployment environment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If legacy data center systems are used for security compliance management, then existing infrastructure can be maintained, but security vulnerabilities increase and compliance properties become disconnected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity complianceVSAvoidsecurity vulnerabilities
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces an intermediary security compliance framework that sits between legacy data center systems and compliance requirements. This framework provides a unified interface and abstraction layer that connects previously disconnected compliance properties while maintaining security controls, thereby reducing security vulnerabilities without requiring complete system replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The security compliance framework is designed as a universal system that can manage multiple compliance requirements and security policies across diverse legacy systems simultaneously. It provides multi-functional capabilities including authentication, authorization, auditing, and compliance reporting in a single integrated platform, improving reliability without adding proportional complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Reliability

If multiple separate tools are used for security management, then specific security functions can be addressed, but device complexity increases and ease of operation decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesecurity coverageVSAvoidnumber of tools
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges multiple separate security management tools into a single unified security compliance framework. This consolidation integrates authentication, authorization, auditing, and compliance management functions into one system, reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive security coverage through integrated multi-functional components.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The unified framework provides universal security management capabilities that can handle diverse security requirements through a single platform. It offers multi-functional features including identity management, access control, logging, monitoring, and compliance reporting, thereby maintaining security coverage while eliminating the need for multiple separate tools.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Reliability

If traditional security compliance approaches are used, then existing processes can be maintained, but productivity decreases and loss of time increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecompliance accuracyVSAvoiddeployment speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The security compliance framework implements preliminary action by pre-configuring compliance policies, authentication mechanisms, and auditing templates before deployment. This allows for rapid deployment and reduces the time required for compliance implementation, while maintaining accuracy through pre-validated compliance rules and automated enforcement mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The framework enables self-service capabilities through automated compliance monitoring, self-auditing, and automatic policy enforcement. This reduces manual intervention requirements and accelerates compliance processes while maintaining accuracy through automated validation and reporting, thereby improving productivity without sacrificing compliance accuracy.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS10165010B2Security compliance framework usage
Publication Date: 2018.12.25 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION
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AI summary

A method and system for improving usage of a security compliance framework is provided. The method includes authenticating a user for: access to the security compliance frame work, access to an authoritative source component of the compliance framework, and access to a data store component of the compliance framework. A functionality status of the security compliance framework and a request associated with contents of the data store are presented to a user via a dashboard interface. In response, the request is triggered and associated results are generated.