System Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Enterprise Computer Security

dc.contributor.advisorCukier, Michelen_US
dc.contributor.advisorRus, Ioanaen_US
dc.contributor.authorRosenfeld, Shalomen_US
dc.contributor.departmentElectrical Engineeringen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-06-14T05:38:15Z
dc.date.available2006-06-14T05:38:15Z
dc.date.issued2006-04-10en_US
dc.description.abstractTo support decision-making, training, and understanding complex trends in enterprise computer security, we have built an executable model representing the major components of an organization's computer security, including its machines, users, administrators, countermeasures, and attacks. We use "if-then" rules to express behaviors, incorporating the notions of "archetypes", i.e. frequently-observed patterns of system behavior, and "system dynamics", a discipline which views system behavior in terms of stocks and feedback loops. This thesis describes the model, and then discusses several archetypal behaviors and their results, namely: Symptomatic Fixes (or "Shifting the Burden"), Escalation, and Escalation combined with Limits to Growth. Simulation is used to display these behaviors quantitatively, and to show the effects of possible solutions. We conclude by discussing how such results can be useful for practical computer security, and how this model can both feed off other security research and fuel it.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/3396
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, System Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledComputer Scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEngineering, Electronics and Electricalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledarchetypeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcountermeasuresen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlimits to growthen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledescalationen_US
dc.titleSystem Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Enterprise Computer Securityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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