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Title: Quantifying Cyber-Resilience Against Resource-Exhaustion Attacks

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OSTI ID:1158495

Resilience in the information sciences is notoriously difficult to define much less to measure. But in mechanical engi- neering, the resilience of a substance is mathematically defined as the area under the stress vs. strain curve. We took inspiration from mechanics in an attempt to define resilience precisely for information systems. We first examine the meaning of resilience in language and engineering terms and then translate these definitions to information sciences. Then we tested our definitions of resilience for a very simple problem in networked queuing systems. We discuss lessons learned and make recommendations for using this approach in future work.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830
OSTI ID:
1158495
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-102246
Resource Relation:
Conference: 7th International Symposium on Resilient Control Systems (ISRCS), August 19-21, 2014, Denver, Colorado
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English