Ensuring Survivable Information Services: Architecting, Diagnosing and Reconfiguring (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500253370)

The central premise of this work is that a significant shift of focus and approach is necessary in order to deal with the emerging threat of information attacks on the critical infrastructures of our society. A range of studies, for example those conducted by the RAND Corporation and by a DARPA ISAT project, raised the concern that a concerted information attack by a skillful and motivated opponent could lead to catastrophic consequences. In particular, it was observed that the increasing reliance by the Department of Defense on advanced information technologies made it particularly vulnerable to such attacks. Information attacks have few physical warning signs, are often extremely difficult to detect, are difficult to distinguish from normal malfunctions, and are capable of-interfering with or totally disabling complex military operations. Finally, it was observed that traditional security techniques only address part of the problem; they attempt to prevent attacks, but they offer little once an attack has been successfully launched.

Author: Air Force Research Laboratory
ISBN-10: 1500253375
ISBN-13: 9781500253370
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/20/2014
Pages: 34
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.23lbs
Size: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.07d