Human factors framework
A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for performing a human factors risk operation. The human factors risk operation includes: monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source; deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source; identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source; analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human factors framework; and, performing a human factors risk operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity.
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a human factors risk operation comprising:
monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source, the entity comprising a user entity;
deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source;
identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source;
analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human factors framework, the analyzing using human factors associated with the entity, the human factors comprising a cardinal trait, an emotional stressor and an organizational dynamic, the cardinal trait comprising a representation of a behavioral pattern corresponding to the entity that is persisted over time, the emotional stressor comprising a contextual modifier, the contextual modifier providing context when analyzing the security related activity, the organizational dynamic comprising an electronically-observable event occurring within an organization having an operational influence on a behavior of the entity, the organizational dynamic comprising one or more of a security practice organizational dynamic, a communication issue organizational dynamic, a management system organizational dynamic, and a work planning and control organizational dynamic; and,
performing the human factors risk operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity, the human factors risk operation being performed by a security analytics system executing on a hardware processor, the human factors risk operation determining an effect the one or more human factors have on a security risk associated with the entity.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the human factors framework comprises at least one of a human factors analytics module and a contextual security risk persona management module.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to manage a user behavioral rule associated with a particular user entity.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to perform a human factors risk assessment operation.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein:
the human factors risk assessment operation receives and processes human factor information to generate the one or more human factors associated with the entity.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the human factors framework interacts with a security risk scoring system to generate a user entity risk score, the user entity risk score quantitatively expressing a risk associated with a user entity.
7. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data bus coupled to the processor; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium being coupled to the data bus, the computer program code interacting with a plurality of computer operations and comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for:
monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source, the entity comprising a user entity;
deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source;
identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source;
analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human factors framework, the analyzing using human factors associated with the entity, the human factors comprising a cardinal trait, an emotional stressor and an organizational dynamic, the cardinal trait comprising a representation of a behavioral pattern corresponding to the entity that is persisted over time, the emotional stressor comprising a contextual modifier, the contextual modifier providing context when analyzing the security related activity, the organizational dynamic comprising an electronically-observable event occurring within an organization having an operational influence on a behavior of the entity, the organizational dynamic comprising one or more of a security practice organizational dynamic, a communication issue organizational dynamic, a management system organizational dynamic, and a work planning and control organizational dynamic; and,
performing a human factors risk operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity, the human factors risk operation being performed by a security analytics system executing on a hardware processor, the human factors risk operation determining an effect the one or more human factors have on a security risk associated with the entity.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the human factors framework comprises at least one of a human factors analytics module and a contextual security risk persona management module.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to manage a user behavioral rule associated with a particular user entity.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to perform a human factors risk assessment operation.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the human factors risk assessment operation receives and processes human factor information to generate the one or more human factors associated with the entity.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein:
the human factors framework interacts with a security risk scoring system to generate a user entity risk score, the user entity risk score quantitatively expressing a risk associated with a user entity.
13. A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising computer executable instructions configured for:
monitoring an entity, the monitoring observing an electronically-observable data source, the entity comprising a user entity;
deriving an observable based upon the monitoring of the electronically-observable data source;
identifying a security related activity, the security related activity being based upon the observable from the electronic data source;
analyzing the security related activity, the analyzing the security related activity using a human-centric risk modeling framework, the analyzing using human factors associated with the entity, the human factors comprising a cardinal trait, an emotional stressor and an organizational dynamic, the cardinal trait comprising a representation of a behavioral pattern corresponding to the entity that is persisted over time, the emotional stressor comprising a contextual modifier, the contextual modifier providing context when analyzing the security related activity, the organizational dynamic comprising an electronically-observable event occurring within an organization having an operational influence on a behavior of the entity, the organizational dynamic comprising one or more of a security practice organizational dynamic, a communication issue organizational dynamic, a management system organizational dynamic, and a work planning and control organizational dynamic; and,
performing a human factors risk operation in response to the analyzing the security related activity, the human factors risk operation being performed by a security analytics system executing on a hardware processor, the human factors risk operation determining an effect the one or more human factors have on a security risk associated with the entity.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the human factors framework comprises at least one of a human factors analytics module and a contextual security risk persona management module.
15. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to manage a user behavioral rule associated with a particular user entity.
16. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the human factors framework is implemented to perform a human factors risk assessment operation.
17. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein:
the human factors risk assessment operation receives and processes human factor information to generate the one or more human factors associated with the entity.
18. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the human factors framework interacts with a security risk scoring system to generate a user entity risk score, the user entity risk score quantitatively expressing a risk associated with a user entity.
19. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are deployable to a client system from a server system at a remote location.
20. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein:
the computer executable instructions are provided by a service provider to a user on an on-demand basis.