Self-Adaptive Systems for Information Survivability: PMOP and AWDRAT.

Shrobe, Howard E.; Laddaga, Robert; Balzer, Robert; Goldman, Neil M.; Wile, David S.; Tallis, Marcelo; Hollebeek, Tim; Egyed, Alexander

doi:10.1109/SASO.2007.50

by Howard E. Shrobe, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile, Marcelo Tallis, Tim Hollebeek, Alexander Egyed

Abstract:

Information systems form the backbones of the critical infrastructures of modern societies. Unfortunately, these systems are highly vulnerable to attacks that can result in enormous damage. Furthermore, traditional approaches to information security have not provided all the protections necessary to defeat and recover from a concerted attack; in particular, they are largely irrelevant to the problem of defending against attacks launched by insiders. This paper describes two related systems PMOP and AWDRAT1 that were developed during the DARPA Self Regenerative Systems program. PMOP defends against insider attacks while AWDRAT is intended to detect compromises to software systems. Both rely on self-monitoring, diagnosis and self-adaptation. We describe both systems and show the results of experiments with each.

Reference:

Self-Adaptive Systems for Information Survivability: PMOP and AWDRAT. (Howard E. Shrobe, Robert Laddaga, Robert Balzer, Neil M. Goldman, David S. Wile, Marcelo Tallis, Tim Hollebeek, Alexander Egyed), In Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2007), Boston, USA, IEEE Computer Society, 2007.

Bibtex Entry:

@Conference{DBLP:conf/saso/ShrobeLBGWTHE07,
  author    = {Howard E. Shrobe and Robert Laddaga and Robert Balzer and Neil M. Goldman and David S. Wile and Marcelo Tallis and Tim Hollebeek and Alexander Egyed},
  title     = {Self-Adaptive Systems for Information Survivability: PMOP and AWDRAT.},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 1st IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO 2007), Boston, USA},
  year      = {2007},
  pages     = {332-335},
  publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
  abstract  = {Information systems form the backbones of the critical infrastructures
	of modern societies. Unfortunately, these systems are highly vulnerable
	to attacks that can result in enormous damage. Furthermore, traditional
	approaches to information security have not provided all the protections
	necessary to defeat and recover from a concerted attack; in particular,
	they are largely irrelevant to the problem of defending against attacks
	launched by insiders. This paper describes two related systems PMOP
	and AWDRAT1 that were developed during the DARPA Self Regenerative
	Systems program. PMOP defends against insider attacks while AWDRAT
	is intended to detect compromises to software systems. Both rely
	on self-monitoring, diagnosis and self-adaptation. We describe both
	systems and show the results of experiments with each.},
  doi       = {10.1109/SASO.2007.50},
  file      = {:Conferences\\SASO 2007 - Self-Adaptive Systems for Information Survivability - PMOP and AWDRAT\\Self-Adaptive Systems for Information Survivability PMOP and AWDRAT-preprint.pdf:PDF},
  keywords  = {},
}