Ad Hoc Networks. 8th International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2016, Ottawa, Canada, September 26-27, 2016, Revised Selected Papers

Research Article

Communication Links Vulnerability Model for Cyber Security Mitigation

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-51204-4_23,
        author={Eman Hammad and Abdallah Farraj and Deepa Kundur},
        title={Communication Links Vulnerability Model for Cyber Security Mitigation},
        proceedings={Ad Hoc Networks. 8th International Conference, ADHOCNETS 2016, Ottawa, Canada, September 26-27, 2016, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={ADHOCNETS},
        year={2017},
        month={4},
        keywords={Smart grid Cyber security Metric Vulnerability Constrained shortest path Quality of Service Routing Software defined networks},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-319-51204-4_23}
    }
    
  • Eman Hammad
    Abdallah Farraj
    Deepa Kundur
    Year: 2017
    Communication Links Vulnerability Model for Cyber Security Mitigation
    ADHOCNETS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-51204-4_23
Eman Hammad1,*, Abdallah Farraj1,*, Deepa Kundur1,*
  • 1: University of Toronto
*Contact email: ehammad@ece.utoronto.ca, abdallah@ece.utoronto.ca, dkundur@ece.utoronto.ca

Abstract

We consider the problem of defining a metric to capture communication links vulnerability that is a function of threat models of concern. The model is based on the Confidentiality-Integrity-Availability (C-I-A) framework and combines communication links parametric models with dynamical historical models. The proposed model arrives at a vulnerability matrix to describe the cyber component of a cyber-physical system. The vulnerability matrix is used for flexible adaptive constrained routing implemented on Software Defined Networks (SDNs) as a mitigation approach for threats of concern.