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Prioritizing security controls using a cyber digital twin simulator

US12231461B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 10, 2022
Grant dateFeb 18, 2025
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Expiry dateJun 14, 2043

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L63/1433
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Implementations include a computer-implemented method for mitigating cyber security risk of an enterprise network, the method comprising: receiving an analytical attack graph (AAG) representing paths within the enterprise network with respect to at least one target asset, the AAG defining a digital twin of the enterprise network and comprising a set of rule nodes, each rule node representing an attack tactic that can be used to move along a path of the AAG; integrating the AAG with a knowledge graph comprising a set of asset nodes, each asset node representing a digital asset that can be affected by one or more of the attack tactics; determining, based on integrating the AAG with the knowledge graph, a plurality of security controls, each security control having an assigned priority value; and selectively implementing the security controls in the enterprise network based on the assigned priority values of the security controls.

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