System and method for designing secure solutions using patterns

• US 20060036479A1
• Filed: 08/13/2004
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Whitmore, James J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,725,521 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/067 Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system and method for generating an information technology solution. A system for generating a runtime model is provided, comprising: a system for selecting a business pattern; a system for providing a management integration table, wherein the management integration table includes a plurality of cells, each representing at least one management application pattern; and a system for generating a runtime model from the selected business pattern and management integration table, wherein the generating system supplements the business pattern with additive patterns, bridge patterns, and management application patterns in order to generate the runtime model.

Claims

1. A system for generating an information technology solution, comprising:

a system for selecting a business pattern;

a system for providing a management integration table, wherein the management integration table includes a plurality of cells, each representing at least one management application pattern; and

a system for generating a runtime model from the selected business pattern and management integration table, wherein the generating system supplements the business pattern with additive patterns, bridge patterns, and management application patterns in order to generate the runtime model.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the selected business pattern is selected from a database of available business patterns.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the management integration table includes:

a first axis that represents business process, information technology, data, and security; and

a second axis that represents provision, control, monitor, enforce and protect.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the cells within the management integration table are rated based on a relative security importance.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising a system for generating a product mapping.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the management application patterns provide patterns of objects and flows related to management processes.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the additive and bridge patterns comprises management integration patterns that provide patterns of actions and augmented flows that integrate business processes and management processes with a set of defined system contexts.

8. A program product stored on a recordable medium for generating an information technology runtime model, comprising:

means for selecting a business pattern;

means for providing a management integration table, wherein the management integration table includes a plurality of cells, each representing at least one management application pattern; and

means for generating a runtime model from the selected business pattern and management integration table, wherein the generating means supplements the business pattern with additive patterns, bridge patterns, and management application patterns in order to generate the runtime model.

9. The program product of claim 8, wherein the selected business pattern is selected from a database of available business patterns.

10. The program product of claim 8, wherein the management integration table includes:

a first axis that represents business process, information technology, data, and security; and

a second axis that represents provision, control, monitor, enforce and protect.

11. The program product of claim 8, wherein the cells within the management integration table are rated based on a relative security importance.

12. The program product of claim 8, further comprising a system for generating a product mapping.

13. The program product of claim 8, wherein the management application patterns provide patterns of objects and flows related to management processes.

14. The program product of claim 8, wherein the additive and bridge patterns comprises management integration patterns that provide patterns of actions and augmented flows that integrate business processes and management processes with a set of defined system contexts.

15. A method for generating an information technology runtime model, comprising:

selecting a business pattern;

providing a management integration table, wherein the management integration table includes a plurality of cells, each representing at least one management application pattern; and

generating a runtime model from the selected business pattern and management integration table, wherein the generating step supplements the business pattern with additive patterns, bridge patterns, and management application patterns in order to generate the runtime model.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the business pattern is selected from a database of available business patterns.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the management integration table includes:

a first axis that represents business process, information technology, data, and security; and

a second axis that represents provision, control, monitor, enforce and protect.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the cells within the management integration table are rated based on a relative security importance.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising the step of generating a product mapping.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein the management application patterns provide patterns of objects and flows related to management processes.

21. The method of claim 15, wherein the additive and bridge patterns comprise management integration patterns that provide patterns of actions and augmented flows that integrate business processes and management processes with a set of defined system contexts.

22. A method for generating an information technology runtime model, comprising:

selecting a business pattern;

selecting a management integration pattern for the business pattern;

selecting an application pattern associated with the business pattern;

selecting a base runtime pattern;

adding security enforce and security protect additive patterns to the base runtime pattern;

adding security and information technology monitor and control additive patterns;

adding management application patterns;

adding provision bridge patterns for security data; and

adding provision, monitor, control, enforce and protect patterns for data.