[ACM Press the Seventh Annual Workshop - Oak Ridge, Tennessee (2011.10.12-2011.10.14)] Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Workshop on Cyber Security and Information Intelligence Research - CSIIRW '11 - Monitoring smart grid operations and maintaining mission assurance through adaptive computer network defenses

✍ Scribed by Bilar, Daniel; Solderitsch, James; Hovor, Elvis

• Book ID: 121800910
• Publisher: ACM Press
• Year: 2011
• Weight: 355 KB
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1450309453
• DOI: 10.1145/2179298.2179317

✦ Synopsis

We present adaptive computer network defenses with a focus on Smart Grid operations. We model Smart Grid network domains in the MESA-ExtendSim simulator and continuously measure mission assurance indicators (security properties) to gauge the network's mission state. When thresholds are reached, a binary integer optimization problem is solved to identify appropriate host and network defenses (security controls) given parameters (attacker classes) and constraints (cost and mission assurance bounds). The solution is used to actuate defense mechanisms in the simulation. We present mission assurance indicators in an UI before and after defense actuation to gauge defensive effectiveness.