The Fifth Masquerade: An Integration Experiment of Military Deception Theory and the Emergent Cyber Domain

Abstract

For centuries, militaries throughout the world have used deception techniques to gain competitive advantage in warfare. This thesis evaluated the effect of deception with a particular commercial product within cyberspace. It measured the effect of its deception on the ability of attackers to achieve their objectives. The results of our experiments showed the deception could slow cyber-attacks. These results also suggested several future research opportunities and implementation strategies for deception in cyberspace operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1126444

Entities

People

  • Justin J. Green

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cyber Deception
  • Cyber Defense Techniques
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Cyberspace
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Deception
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Information Science
  • Information Warfare
  • Literature Surveys
  • Military Operations
  • Monitoring
  • Network Protocols
  • Networks
  • Security
  • Standards
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Software Engineering

Technology Areas

  • Cyber