RISK ANALYSIS TO IDENTIFY AND RETROSPECT CYBER SECURITY THREATS

• Main Authors: CARPENTER, Seth G, TALAMANCHI, Venkata Srinivasulu Reddy, SUBRAMANIAN, Swetha, VITTAL, Chandrakanth, KAMATH, Prasad
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 02.09.2020
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

This disclosure provides an apparatus and method for identifying and retrospecting cyber security threats, including but not limited to in industrial control systems and other systems. A method includes receiving, by a risk manager system, a selection of an asset for analysis. The method includes receiving, by the risk manager system, current and historical cyber-risk data corresponding to the asset. The method includes receiving a user selection of one or more data options for analysis of the asset. The method includes identifying relevant portions of the current and historical cyber-risk data according to the selected data options. The method includes producing an output corresponding to the selected asset, the selected data options, and the identified relevant portions of the current and historical cyber-risk data. The method includes displaying the output as a report in a graphical user interface.