Conceptual Architecture for Obtaining Cyber Situational Awareness

Abstract

Obtaining a battlefield Cyber Situational Awareness is a paramount factor for military operations. Currently, the complexity of a large data network, the heavy flow of information and the speed of military operations, demand from the Command and the Control area a great agility in knowledge management. In this sense, the use of integrated kinetic and cyber simulators can help to identify the needs of the Command and Control and provide situational awareness of operational and cyber environments. Conceptually, we present an architecture that helps to recognize the impacts in the kinetic environment caused by cyber-attacks, as well as present a way to identify vulnerabilities of a data network for a particular military mission. Finally, this architecture can also be used as a combat support tool for military planning by calculating risk of cyber-attacks.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2014
Accession Number
ADA607098

Entities

People

  • Andre F. Machado
  • Edgar T. Yano

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Battlefields
  • Command And Control
  • Communication Systems
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Denial Of Service Attack
  • Engineering
  • Information Security
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Military Applications
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Planning
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • Situational Awareness
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control