Biologically Inspired Network (BiONet) Authentication using Logical and Pathological RF DNA Credential Pairs

Abstract

The command and control (C2) of shared space resources are vulnerable to logical credential forgery and impersonation attacks among standardized and interoperable wireless radio frequency (RF) networks. Threats could come from trusted operators (insiders) or from external sources (outsiders). An attacker may gain unauthorized network access and illegally cross into C2 boundaries when conventional network authentication fails. This research proposes an integrated trust management system that uses both application-layer and physical layer trust markers to authenticate users and their communication sources. In essence, the results from physical-layer RF-DNA fingerprinting techniques are used to improve application-level trust schemes based on command patterns, message structure, and other discernible markers through the use of Bayesian reasoning using an approach adapted from the medical disease diagnostic testing community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 14, 2017
Accession Number
AD1051613

Entities

People

  • Tyrone Sr A. Lewis

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Authentication
  • Command And Control
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Network Security
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Databases
  • Dimensionality Reduction
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Machine Learning
  • Mobile Phones
  • Network Protocols
  • Network Science
  • Operating Systems
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Devices

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Networking
  • Radio communications and signal processing.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space