Agents in Simulation of Cyberattacks to Evaluate Security of Critical Infrastructures

Rafał Leszczyna

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-33323-1_6

Agents in Simulation of Cyberattacks to Evaluate Security of Critical Infrastructures

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In the last years critical infrastructures have become highly dependent on the information technologies and exposed to cyberattacks. Because the effects of the attacks can be detrimental, it is crucial to comprehensively asses the security of the infrastructures' information systems. This chapter describes MAlSim - the simulator of malicious software based on software agents, developed for the needs of a testbed for critical infrastructures security. The authors explain the choice of agent paradigm for the development of the toolkit, present main design decisions, overview changes to the project introduced during the implementation, and provide the details of the completed project followed by a brief description of the application of MAlSim to security evaluation of a power plant. The chapter concludes with the discussion of the perspectives for the future of agent technology based on the experiences which came during the course of the project.

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Rafał Leszczyna dr hab. inż.

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Category:: Monographic publication
Type:: rozdział, artykuł w książce - dziele zbiorowym /podręczniku w języku o zasięgu międzynarodowym
Title of issue:: Multiagent Systems and Applications strony 129 - 146
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2013
Bibliographic description:: Leszczyna R.: Agents in Simulation of Cyberattacks to Evaluate Security of Critical Infrastructures// Multiagent Systems and Applications/ : Springer, 2013, s.129-146
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/978-3-642-33323-1_6
Verified by:: Gdańsk University of Technology