Configuration Security*

Abstract

*Formerly part of Automated Cyber Operations and Defense (ACOD) The Configuration Security program will develop technologies to analyze, monitor, and modify the configuration of composed cyber-physical-human systems to identify system vulnerabilities and minimize the attack surface while maintaining functionality and performance. Complex cyber-physical systems, such as ships, airplanes and critical infrastructure increasingly consist of commodity information technology components. The manual configuration necessary to enable each component to interoperate introduces exploitable cyber vulnerabilities, as do the standard operating procedures that system operators follow. The Configuration Security program will develop capabilities to automate the appropriate configuration of such systems within the operational context. The resulting capability will ensure secure configuration settings and prevent malicious changes to these settings.

Document Details

Document Type
Accomplishment
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
20216322290bd28abead30dbf32f339f

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Cyber

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