Reactive aggregate model protecting against real-time threats

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Authors
Baugess, Kenneth G.
Chamberlain, Jason R.
Chung, Samuel K.
Kelly, Ryan F.
Subjects
information modeling
decision-making
Vector Relational Data Modeling (VRDM)
cyber threat detection
phpMyAdmin
Global Information Network Architecture (GINA)
knowledge management
multi-criteria decision analysis
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Gallup, Shelley
Anderson, Thomas S.
Date of Issue
2014-09
Date
Sep-14
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Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School
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Current network protection technologies often require code recompilation to integrate new technologies, can be prone to denial of service attacks, may require invasive software applications to provide an automated response, and provide little to no protection against unknown threats. Unknown threat discovery generally requires an expert human analyst in an impractical labor-intensive process, but these analysts are in short supply. A Vector Relational Data Modeling approach was implemented to automate the human-intensive decision-making and subsequent response processes when a common phpMyAdmin attack is suspected. We modeled constituent component technologies and data sources within the Global Information Network Architecture, a DOD network certified information modeling framework, and constructed a cyber test range consisting of multiple servers. This implementation and testing of Reactive Aggregate Model Protecting Against Real-time Threats demonstrated the successful employment of an information apparatus that executed the complex processes necessary to mitigate phpMyAdmin cyber threat detection and response.
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Cyber Academic Group
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.
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