Yes / Cyber attack is a sensitive issue in the world
of Internet security. Governments and business organisations
around the world are providing enormous effort to secure their
data. They are using various types of tools and techniques to
keep the business running, while adversaries are trying to breach
security and send malicious software such as botnets, viruses,
trojans etc., to access valuable data. Everyday the situation is
getting worse because of new types of malware emerging to attack
networks. It is important to understand those attacks both before
and after they happen in order to provide better security to
our systems. Understanding attack models provide more insight
into network vulnerability; which in turn can be used to protect
the network from future attacks. In the cyber security world, it
is difficult to predict a potential attack without understanding
the vulnerability of the network. So, it is important to analyse
the network to identify top possible vulnerability list, which will
give an intuitive idea to protect the network. Also, handling an
ongoing attack poses significant risk on the network and valuable
data, where prompt action is necessary. Proper utilisation of
attack modelling techniques provide advance planning, which
can be implemented rapidly during an ongoing attack event. This
paper aims to analyse various types of existing attack modelling
techniques to understand the vulnerability of the network; and
the behaviour and goals of the adversary. The ultimate goal is to
handle cyber attack in efficient manner using attack modelling
techniques.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/10703 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Al-Mohannadi, Hamad, Mirza, Qublai K.A., Namanya, Anitta P., Awan, Irfan U., Cullen, Andrea J., Pagna Disso, Jules F. |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Conference paper, Accepted manuscript |
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