Volatile Memory Password Detection and Protection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often inadvertently expose their passwords during copy and paste operations due to forgotten copied passwords, leading to potential unauthorized access.
Innovation Solution
A system that monitors volatile data storage areas for potential passwords, prompts users for confirmation before writing or reading sensitive data, and performs actions such as encryption and erasure to protect passwords from unintended exposure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users copy passwords to volatile storage for convenient paste operations, then ease of operation is improved, but security reliability deteriorates due to potential unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary detection when data is written to volatile storage, analyzing the data before it can be potentially exposed. This proactive approach identifies passwords before they can be inadvertently pasted or accessed by unauthorized processes, resolving the contradiction by securing passwords in advance while maintaining copy-paste functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by monitoring volatile storage and providing alerts or interventions when password data is detected. This feedback loop allows the system to inform users of potential security risks and take corrective actions, thereby maintaining both operational convenience and security reliability.
2Reliability
If the system monitors and analyzes data in volatile storage to identify passwords, then password security is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the critical function of password detection from the broader data monitoring system. By focusing specifically on identifying password patterns in volatile storage rather than analyzing all data, the system achieves enhanced security while minimizing the added complexity to acceptable levels.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses lightweight, temporary monitoring mechanisms that operate only when needed in volatile storage areas. These temporary monitoring instances are created and destroyed as needed, avoiding permanent complex infrastructure and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining security effectiveness.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatuses, methods, systems, and program products are disclosed for digital password protection. An apparatus includes a processor and a memory that stores code executable by the processor. The memory stores code executable by the processor to monitor a volatile data storage area for data written to and read from the volatile data storage area. The memory stores code executable by the processor to, in response to data being one of written to and read from the volatile data storage area, analyze the data to identify a potential password. The memory stores code executable by the processor to perform one or more actions for protecting the identified potential password prior to the potential password being one of written to and read from the volatile data storage area.