1. Thesis and Dissertation Collection, all items
HARDENING AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS: PROVIDING INTEGRITY THROUGH AN APPLICATION OF LIGHTWEIGHT CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
The Automatic Identification System (AIS) employed onboard maritime vessels was designed to improve the safety of navigation at sea, but focused on functionality rather than cybersecurity. Previous research has revealed ...
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES UNILATERAL CONDUCT OF CYBERSPACE OPERATIONS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
This thesis examines the use of cyberspace operations by special operations forces to address the threats the United States faces from adversaries. Special operations forces need to conduct cyberspace operations to sustain ...
DEPLOYING AN ICS HONEYPOT IN A CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT AND COMPARATIVELY ANALYZING RESULTS AGAINST PHYSICAL NETWORK DEPLOYMENT
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
Industrial control systems (ICSs) provide important services in national critical infrastructure but are increasingly the subject of cyberattacks. The need for ease of maintenance and operational convenience encourages ...
SIGNALING FOR COERCION IN CYBERSPACE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-12)
In order for signaling to work on an adversary with a coercive purpose, one must convey to the adversary a strong capability and sufficient credibility. The reason deterrence worked in the Gulf War was that U.S. policymakers ...
THE FIFTH MASQUERADE: AN INTEGRATION EXPERIMENT OF MILITARY DECEPTION THEORY AND THE EMERGENT CYBER DOMAIN
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
For centuries, militaries throughout the world have used deception techniques to gain competitive advantage in warfare. This thesis evaluated the effect of deception with a particular commercial product within cyberspace. ...
EFFECTIVENESS OF NATIONAL CYBER POLICY TO STRENGTHEN THE SECURITY AND RESILIENCE OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AGAINST CYBER ATTACKS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-09)
Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 21, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, directs a whole-of-government approach to strengthening the security and resilience of critical infrastructure against physical and ...
INDUSTRY-INFORMED DOD CYBERSPACE CHANGE STRATEGIES TO ANTICIPATE UNCERTAIN AND UNPREDICTABLE FUTURE CHANGE
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
The Department of Defense (DOD), private sector industry, and academia nearly universally agree that change in cyberspace is constant. This cyberspace change may be anticipated, but important dynamics are unpredictable or ...
INSTANT MESSAGE TRAFFIC META-DATA AND ITS SUSCEPTIBILITY TO TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Instant Message (IM) applications are commonly used by both civilian and DoD personnel for both communication and collaboration. The web-based variants of these applications generally ride encrypted channels for message ...
ENHANCING IDENTITY AND ACCESS MANAGEMENT IN THE U.S. NAVY VIA MIGRATION TO MORE MODERN STANDARDS OF AUTHENTICATION
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
This thesis investigated the current digital authentication methods used by the U.S. Navy, reviewed new and alternative methods, and then offered suggestions regarding how the Navy could improve the robustness of its digital ...
MODELING GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM POSITIONAL ERROR EFFECTS ON GEOGRAPHIC ROUTING PROTOCOLS
(Monterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate School, 2020-06)
Recent work on geographic routing protocols has shown that Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Position Navigation and Timing (PNT) positional error directly affects message delivery rates (MDRs) within Delay and ...