Title
Flipthem: Modeling Targeted Attacks With Flipit For Multiple Resources
Abstract
Recent high-profile targeted attacks showed that even the most secure and secluded networks can be compromised by motivated and resourceful attackers, and that such a system compromise may not be immediately detected by the system owner. Researchers at RSA proposed the FlipIt game to study the impact of such stealthy takeovers. In the basic FlipIt game, an attacker and a defender fight over a single resource; in practice, however, systems typically consist of multiple resources that can be targeted. In this paper, we present FlipThem, a generalization of FlipIt to multiple resources. To formulate the players' goals and study their best strategies, we introduce two control models: in the AND model, the attacker has to compromise all resources in order to take over the entire system, while in the OR model, she has to compromise only one. Our analytical and numerical results provide practical recommendations for defenders.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1007/978-3-319-12601-2_10
DECISION AND GAME THEORY FOR SECURITY, GAMESEC 2014
Keywords
Field
DocType
FlipIt, game theory, advanced persistent threats, targeted attacks, attacker-defender games
Computer science,Computer security,Game theory,Compromise
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
8840
0302-9743
18
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.94
8
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Aron Laszka125039.06
Gábor Horváth2322.75
Márk Félegyházi329722.88
Levente Buttyán43108267.10