Disrupting Adversary Decision Logic: An Experience Report
Abstract:
Sophisticated attacks usually involve decision logic that observes the victim’s responses before deciding the next action. Such logic presents an opportunity for the defence, as it provides a controllable feedback channel. Manoeuvres that manipulate responses can confuse the adversary’s decision process, causing them to undertake ineffective actions. By deliberately introducing false information through deceptive manoeuvres, would-be victims can steer adversaries away from their main objectives. In this article, the authors first introduce and analyse a specific deceptive manoeuvre to determine when, where, and how it may be appropriate and effective; and then explore this form of defensive deception from a broader information-warfare perspective.
AUTHORS
Raytheon BBN Technologies Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
Dr. Partha Pal is a Principal Scientist at BBN. He leads the distributed systems team and the survivability and resiliency research thrust in BBN’s Intelligent Software and Systems business unit. Dr. Pal earned his PhD in computer science from Rutgers University.
Amazon
(Formerly)BBN
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nathaniel Lageman worked in the area of Distributed Denial of Service defense in the distributed systems groups at BBN and now works at Amazon.
Raytheon BBN Technologies Cambridge, Massachusetts,
United States
Mr. Nathaniel Soule is a scientist in the distributed systems group at BBN. He works in the areas of adaptive systems, deception and advanced cyber-defense techniques, and dynamic information management. Mr. Soule received a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Tufts University, and a master’s in computer science from Boston University.
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Journal of Information Warfare
The definitive publication for the best and latest research and analysis on information warfare, information operations, and cyber crime. Available in traditional hard copy or online.
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