Adapting an Agent-Based Model of Socio-Technical Systems to Analyze Security Failures

Abstract

This paper works towards developing agent-based models of socio-technical systems to study security failures. These models could contribute to multi-component simulations such as cyber range events, where they would generate network traffic[8][9]. Agent-based modeling[10] involves autonomous and proactive programs which communicate peer-to-peer. Socio-technical system approaches involve models of humans, their organizations, the tools they use, and the interaction between all of these[11]. Agent-based models of socio-technical systems have been applied in the context of air traffic systems of air traffic controllers and pilots[11], economic production/consumption networks[12], and more.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 17, 2016
Accession Number
AD1032227

Entities

People

  • Antonio Roque
  • Christine Cunningham

Organizations

  • MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Air Traffic
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Electrical Grids
  • Energy Consumption
  • Engineering
  • Industrial Psychology
  • Iterations
  • Load Monitoring
  • New York
  • Organizational Structure
  • Reliability
  • Resource Management
  • Security
  • Simulations
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber