Active Vulnerability Assessment of Computer Networks by Simulation of Complex Remote Attacks

  • Authors:
  • Igor Kotenko

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ICCNMC '03 Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference on Computer Networks and Mobile Computing
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The paper describes the formal approach and software tool "Attack Simulator" intended for active vulnerability assessment of computer network security policy at the stages of design and deployment of network security systems. The suggested approach is based on stochasticgrammar-based models of attacks and is realized via automatic imitation of remote computer network attacks of different complexity. The paper characterizes the Attack Simulator architecture and the processes of generating malicious actions against computer networkmodel and real-life computer networks. The results of experiments that demonstrate the Attack Simulator efficiency are described in detail.