Survivability Analysis of Networked Systems

Abstract

Survivability is the ability of a system to continue operating despite the presence of abnormal events such as failures and intrusions. Ensuring system survivability has increased in importance as critical infrastructures have become heavily dependent on computers. In this paper we present a systematic method for performing survivability analysis of networked systems. An architect injects failure and intrusion events into a system model and then visualizes the effects of the injected events in the form of scenario graphs. Our method enables further global analyses, such as reliability, latency, and cost-benefit analyses, where mathematical techniques used in different domains are combined in a systematic manner. We illustrate our ideas on an abstract model of the United States Payment System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384881

Entities

People

  • J. Wing
  • Shalini Jha

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Case Studies
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cost Benefit Analysis
  • Costs
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Fault Tolerance
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Load Monitoring
  • Markov Processes
  • Models
  • Money
  • Probability
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Theoretical Analysis.