Quantitative Measurement of Cyber Resilience: A Tabletop Exercise

Abstract

The vulnerability of Army cyber-physical systems to cyber attack is well known, and the requirement to build cyber resilience into these systems has been firmly established. The key challenge this report addresses is that maturing this discipline requires the development of techniques, tools, and processes for objectively, rigorously, and quantitatively measuring the attributes of cyber resilience. Researchers and program managers need to be able to determine if the implementation of a cyber-resilience solution actually increases the cyber resilience of the system. There are several methodologies proposed in the literature to score or measure cyber resilience, which we will review. In addition, there are a few examples of how to use some of these methodologies; however, the literature does not contain detailed attempts to measure cyber resilience. This report documents a tabletop exercise conducted using a notional heavy vehicle on a fictitious military mission while under a cyber attack.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2022
Accession Number
AD1158532

Entities

People

  • Jason E. Ellis
  • M. J. Weisman
  • Robert F. Erbacher
  • Sidney C. Smith
  • Stephen Raio
  • Travis W. Parker

Organizations

  • ICF International
  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Information Systems
  • Lessons Learned
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Simulators
  • Standards
  • Systems Engineering
  • Wireless Communications
  • Wireless Networks

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber