Theses and Dissertations
Source fingerprinting in adobe PDF files
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-12)
Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) documents are increasingly used as a vector for targeted attacks. Although there exist a number of tools and methodologies for performing content-level analysis to identify unwanted or ...
Fingerprinting reverse proxies using timing analysis of TCP flows
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
Reverse proxy servers are valuable assets to defend outside hosts from seeing the internal network structure upon which the reverse proxy is serving. They are frequently used to protect valuable files, systems, and internal ...
Employing replay connectors for SIEM operator education
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solutions are a critical information systems security control for monitoring, assessing, and reacting to cyber threats in near real-time. A given SIEM solution, however, is ...
Cyber-security curricula for basic users
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
There have been only a small number of attempts at creating a cyber-security curriculum that can be used to teach children the concepts of cyber security and information assurance. There is a significant shortage of attempts ...
Creating profiles from user network behavior
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
The ability to identify network users based on their network behavior has both positive and negative implications. If users are tracked
on the Internet without their knowledge or permission, this could be interpreted as ...
Cross-platform development techniques for mobile devices
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
Business and the military have become increasingly dependent on mobile technology in the last decade. The proliferation of mobile devices provides application developers a new and growing market for providing solutions. ...
Application of architectural patterns and lightweight formal method for the validation and verification of safety critical systems
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
This thesis researches the role of software architectural patterns and lightweight formal methods in safety-critical software development. We present a framework that relates the different activities and products from ...
Rapid network design
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
Network planning is a key element in the Marine Corps_ communications planning process. The ability to design and provide reliable network architecture directly affects the commander_s ability to control operations in an ...
Triage visualization for digital media exploitation
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
Digital forensic examiners are overwhelmed by case loads and data volumes and must prioritize their work. This thesis hypothesis that digital forensic examiners can employ triage visualizations to prioritize work loads. ...
Machine learning feature selection for tuning memory page swapping
(Monterey, California: Naval Postgraduate School, 2013-09)
This thesis is an exploration of the virtual memory subsystem in the modern Linux kernel. It applies machine learning to find areas where better page-out decisions can be made. Two areas of possible improvement are ...
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