Vulnerability Management System Historical Impact Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing prevalence of cyber attacks exploits known vulnerabilities in computing systems, making it difficult to maintain a secure environment, as nearly all exploited vulnerabilities have been known for at least a year, highlighting the need for proactive measures to fortify systems against such attacks.
Innovation Solution
A vulnerability management method that analyzes system environments to identify vulnerabilities, correlates them with historical data to assess potential impacts, and recommends remediation actions, utilizing a system comprising a computing environment, resource pool, and data store to mitigate weaknesses and defend against cyber threats.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional vulnerability management approaches are used, then vulnerability identification is performed, but the ability to proactively assess and mitigate impacts is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by analyzing historical vulnerability data and generating impact assessments before actual cyber attacks occur. The vulnerability management system proactively identifies similar past vulnerabilities, determines their impacts, and recommends remediation actions in advance, allowing organizations to fortify systems before threats materialize.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary vulnerability management system that mediates between raw vulnerability data and security decision-making. This system correlates vulnerability information with historical data, acts as a bridge that transforms unstructured vulnerability reports into structured impact assessments and actionable remediation recommendations.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive historical data analysis is performed to identify similar past vulnerabilities, then impact assessment accuracy is improved, but processing time and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential and relevant features from historical vulnerability data that are necessary for impact assessment. Rather than analyzing complete historical records, the vulnerability management system identifies and extracts key vulnerability characteristics, similarities, and impact patterns that directly inform current risk assessment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by focusing analysis on the most critical and relevant historical vulnerability data rather than processing all available information. The system identifies similar past vulnerabilities and extracts impacts from a selective subset of historical data that provides sufficient accuracy for risk assessment without requiring exhaustive analysis of every historical record.
3Ease of manufacture
If detailed vulnerability analysis and historical correlation are performed, then remediation recommendations are more accurate, but the complexity of the management process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vulnerability management system provides self-service by automatically generating remediation recommendations based on analyzed vulnerability data and historical correlations. The system autonomously identifies vulnerabilities, correlates them with historical data, determines impacts, and produces actionable remediation recommendations without requiring manual analysis or intervention, thereby simplifying the overall management process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the vulnerability management system continuously monitors vulnerability data, assesses impacts based on historical correlations, and refines its remediation recommendations over time. The system uses feedback from vulnerability scanning, historical data analysis, and remediation outcomes to improve the accuracy of future assessments and recommendations.
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AI summary
A vulnerability management method includes analyzing a system environment to uncover one or more vulnerabilities. The method includes subsequently identifying one or more system weaknesses corresponding to the one or more uncovered vulnerabilities and analyzing a set of historical data to identify similar past vulnerabilities. The method further includes analyzing available information to extract one or more impacts of the identified similar past vulnerabilities and determining one or more impacts to the present system environment that would correspond to the extracted one or more impacts of the identified similar past vulnerabilities. The method additionally includes recommending one or more actions to remediate the uncovered vulnerabilities.