Cyber Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception (C3D)
Abstract
The Cyber Camouflage, Concealment, and Deception (C3D) project will develop novel approaches for protecting cyber systems that mimic camouflage concealment, and deception in the physical world. C3D will enable the creation, deployment, management, and control of synthetic entities, objects, resources, and identities that create uncertainties for attackers and make their task significantly more difficult, perhaps even intractable. With C3D, infrastructure and other enterprise resources such as switches, servers, and storage could be virtually replicated to confound enemy targeting. Multiple C3D copies of file systems, only one of which holds correct information, will require attackers (including insiders) to either exfiltrate many times the data they would normally (and then work to identify which data is correct ) or to guess which file system contains operationally meaningful data, thereby greatly decreasing their odds for success. Ultimately, C3D will produce intelligent artificial users that can defeat phishing attacks. C3D will make attackers work harder and take more risks to achieve their goals and will enhance the effectiveness of conventional cyber defenses.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2012
- Source ID
- b1dba85be7734d7c270516144d770ccc