• DocumentCode
    1138550
  • Title

    Validation of sensor alert correlators

  • Author

    Haines, Joshua ; Ryder, Dorene Kewley ; TINNEL, LAURA ; Taylor, Stephen

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    46
  • Lastpage
    56
  • Abstract
    The authors describe the first experimental validation of correlation systems with the goal of assessing the overall progress in the field. Their experiment set out to measure the collective ability of correlators to recognize cyber attacks and designate their targets.
  • Keywords
    Internet; inference mechanisms; security of data; Cyber attacks; atomic attacker activity; collective ability; experimental validation; high-level reasoning; information theft; intrusion detection systems; network surveillance; privilege escalation step; sensor alert correlators; Computer security; Correlators; Databases; Electronic mail; Intrusion detection; Network servers; Sensor systems; Target recognition; Testing; Workstations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2003.1176995
  • Filename
    1176995