Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process

US9454743B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Norwich University Applied Research Institutes Ltd · US

Inventors

• Eric W. Braman · Montpelier, US
• Andrew W. Cutts · New London, US
• Michael Geilich · Hanover, US
• Dennis McGrath · Hartland, US
• Eric Richardson · Portland, US
• Jeffrey A. Schmidt · Superior, US
• Robert Schmidt · Minnetonka, US
• Thomas Bernhardt · Neckartenzlingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 13, 2014
• Grant date: Sep 27, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 13, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for simulating risk tolerance and associated adversary costs in a distributed business process are disclosed. The methods and apparatus simulate an interdependent business process, such as a financial transaction system, in a secure distributed manner. Each business entity that is part of the interdependent business process models itself on a local client device at any chosen level of detail. A simulation server connects the separate client based simulations into one large simulation. Details of each local simulation may be hidden from other simulation participants. However, interruptions in business flow caused by simulated disruptions introduced at the simulation server and/or a client device are propagated to all of the effected simulation participants via the simulation server. In addition, the simulation server receives inputs from users indicative of risk tolerance levels and associated response actions. If the operational costs imposed by a selected response action are greater than a deterrence threshold associated with a particular adversary, the adversary is not deterred from causing a certain disruption to the simulated competitive market environment…