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Skaion Selected to Present Paper at IEEE Information Assurance Workshop
NORTH CHELMSFORD, Ma. - Apr. 20, 2006 - Skaion Corporation has been selected to present a paper at the 7th Annual IEEE Information Assurance Workshop in West Point, NY, June 21-23.
The paper, "Rendering the Elephant: Characterizing Sensitive Networks for an Uncleared Audience," co-authored by Skaion research analyst Ross Stapleton-Gray and Skaion engineer Sam Gorton, details issues addressed in Skaion's work supporting research on information assurance problems for the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community.
The paper addresses the need to convey information on sensitive networks and systems, specifically, those carrying classified information, to researchers lacking clearances. Sanitization or use of analogs allows for uncleared researchers to make contributions, but as detail is removed, data may become less useful. The paper describes a number of approaches to feeding research with relevant data, including creation of realistic traffic from a notional Intelligence Community network, and makes recommendations to improve current practices.
In its work for the Disruptive Technology Office of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DTO, formerly ARDA, the Advanced Research and Development Activity), Skaion constructed models of sensitive networks and traffic, using its Traffic Generation System (TGS) to create data sets of both baseline traffic and malicious attack attempts. These data sets were employed by other investigators to test hypotheses, and actual systems in development, toward advancing information assurance of interest to the Intelligence Community.
About "the West Point Workshop"
The IEEE Information Assurance Workshop is sponsored by the IEEE Systems Man and Cybernetics Society, supported by the National Security Agency, and hosted by the Information Technology Operations Center, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York.
The conference Web site: http://www.itoc.usma.edu/Workshop/2006/
About Skaion
Skaion is an information security technology and services company. Its area of expertise is in simulating real-world threats to information systems, modeling attacks, and evaluating defenses. Skaion's technologies synthesize realistic user and network behavior to test working systems, design new defenses, and conduct innovative research. Skaion principals have extensive experience in computer system security, including in both the U.S. military and the private sector. More information is available at www.skaion.com
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