Forecasting and Visualizing Safety and Security Behavior as a Consequence of System Changes
Abstract
This proposal is innovative because it extends previous work on safety forecasts to consider the impact of system changes on security.This is important because it is very difficult to guarantee the safety of any system that is vulnerable to cyber-attack. Glasgow has started to look at anomalous network behavior as an indicator of potential security disruptions either as a side effect of malware running over the network or in more advanced attacks where network disruption is used as a diversion to disguise the malware. The aim is to include this research in baseline risk assessments, and see if the methodology for network anomaly detection can be extended to support future programs in cloud-based applications. The University of Glasgow would develop a concept for network analysis to define and detect anomalous behavior. The technique will have a wider applicability for the Navy and other Department of Defense by demonstrating how an understanding of network anomalies can be used to forecast security concerns in critical infrastructures and complex systems such as autonomous systems. This work builds on the US Naval S&T Strategic Plan priority Focus Area in ‘Information Dominance’, but will also address issues raised in ‘Autonomy and Unmanned Systems’. The Strategic Plan for Information Dominance includes two areas computer network defence and computer network exploitation’ that are central to our research. Both are prerequisites for the resilience operation of autonomous systems and both are central to our joint work with the FAA and NASA; this will also facilitate collaboration with the Naval Research Laboratory. The proposal will build on existing contacts between the Glasgow group, the FAA and the USN Naval Research Enterprise. Specifically, we will visit the programme director, Sherry Borener (Sherry.Borener@faa.gov) and Dr David Aha (david.aha@nrl.navy.mil) giving presentations to the FAA, Office of Naval Research, and the US Naval Research Lab both in Washington, DC. Efforts will also be made to generalize the results of the work to collaborate with the US Naval Tactical Cloud Task Group and the USAF Space Command, sponsored by Jackie Kaiser (jacqueline.kaiser@us.af.mil), which also has a central interest in network resilience and autonomous operations. The deliverables will include a conference paper on the proposed concept for network analysis to identify anomalous behaviors with safety/security implications in ATM. In addition, we will promote the links with the FAA and the ONR by organizing a conference in Glasgow. The conference will focus on the integration of RPAS/UAVs and the demands they may place on ATM infrastructures. The topics and timings will be negotiated with the FAA and the ONR to maximize the impact of our work
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Feb 07, 2017
- Source ID
- N629091512078
Entities
People
- Christopher J Johnson
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Glasgow