User-Centric Cybersecurity System with Data Acquisition Agents
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing user account security is application-centric, lacking comprehensive protection for private user data distributed across multiple online services, as it relies on username and password authentication mechanisms that are vulnerable to hacking and do not account for user behavior across different services.
Innovation Solution
A user-centric cybersecurity system comprising Data Acquisition Agents (DAAs) that collect data from various online service providers and user devices, analyzing this data for threats and alerting users through a system server, which includes a Cyber Threats Analysis System and a Threat Broker to inform users and provide remediation steps, utilizing user profiles, cross-user databases, and external intelligence to enhance threat detection and response.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If username and password authentication is used, then users can access online services, but security is vulnerable to hacking and account takeover
Solution Approach 1:
The system continuously monitors user login patterns, device information, location data, and behavioral characteristics across multiple online services. This feedback loop enables dynamic assessment of authentication requests, comparing actual login attempts against established user profiles to detect anomalies and potential threats in real-time
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a intermediary security system that sits between the user and online services. This intermediary collects and analyzes data from multiple sources (login credentials, device information, behavioral patterns) and acts as a gatekeeper by evaluating authentication requests against user profiles before allowing access to online services
2Reliability
If service providers track user login characteristics independently, then each service can detect suspicious activity, but comprehensive user protection across multiple services is lacking
Solution Approach 1:
The system creates a universal user profile that aggregates data from multiple online services, devices, and locations. This multi-functional approach allows the same security mechanism to protect users across different online services simultaneously, providing comprehensive cross-service protection rather than isolated service-specific security
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges data from multiple independent sources (login credentials, device information, geographic location, behavioral patterns) into a unified user profile. By combining these diverse data streams, the system achieves comprehensive user protection that spans multiple online services, overcoming the limitation of isolated service-specific security
3Reliability
If security software is installed on personal PCs, then users can protect their data, but most private data is now stored in online accounts rather than local devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions security protection from the traditional local device dimension to a new dimension that operates across the cloud ecosystem. Instead of protecting data only when stored locally on PCs, the system extends protection to cloud-based online accounts by monitoring and analyzing authentication patterns, device information, and behavioral characteristics across multiple online services
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AI summary
A user-centric cyber security system, comprising: a plurality of DAAs (Data Acquisition Agents) configured to collect data from a plurality of user's OSPs (Online Service Providers) and from a plurality of user devices; and a system server communicating with said plurality of DAAs, said system server configured to receive said collected data from said plurality of DAAs, analyze said data for threats to said user, alert said user accordingly, receiving feedback from said user regarding said alert and improve said threat analysis using said user's feedback.