Multi-Agent System for Resource Reliability
Abstract
In this Phase 1 SBIR research we demonstrated the feasibility of a unique system for maintaining network resource reliability through a decentralized multi-agent architecture by prototyping key features of the system. Our approach differs from other computer security tools in a number of ways. First, our system does not rely on the presence of a central analysis unit. Instead, individual agents monitor individual hosts and/or local portions of the network, communicating between agents when needed. This design is not only easily scalable, it enables the agents to perform local responses, even when much of the network is compromised. Second, unlike many intrusion detection programs which have hard coded responses to known attacks, our system can respond to both known attacks and unexplained anomalies. Third, our agents are able to reconcile differing local view through data fusion, thus enabling the agents to respond to network degrading events with increasing accuracy as information is collected and aggregated from other agents. Phase 1 research and development of a prototype for network resource reliability has laid the groundwork for the Phase 2 implementation of MASRR, a Multi-Agent System for Resource Reliability, and its eventual commercialization.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 20, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA371796
Entities
People
- Tamitha Carpenter
Organizations
- Stottler Henke Associates