Friday, July 25, 2008
A new network security technology that uses metrics and pathways to predict where attacks might come from has been touted by scientists and analysts.
In a recent report from Network World, the tool - developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - is said to have the potential to allow IT staff to stay ahead of the curve in terms of network security.
The technology is in the patent pending stage and operates using attack graphs to determine the likelihood of certain breaches occurring.
Meanwhile, Science Daily reported scientist Anoop Singhal as saying: "We analyze all of the paths that system attackers could penetrate through a network."
In formulating risk models, NIST accesses the National Vulnerability Database, which is a repository for a wide range of known exploits that hackers can attack in order to compromise network security and gain access to systems.
The next stage of the research project will see staff attempting to carry out analyses on an enterprise-wide level.
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