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Title: The Cyber Defense (CyDef) Model for Assessing Countermeasure Capabilities.

Abstract

Cybersecurity is essential to maintaining operations, and is now a de facto cost of business. Despite this, there is little consensus on how to systematically make decisions about cyber countermeasures investments. Identifying gaps and determining the expected return on investment (ROI) of adding a new cybersecurity countermeasure is frequently a hand-waving exercise at best. Worse, cybersecurity nomenclature is murky and frequently over-loaded, which further complicates issues by inhibiting clear communication. This paper presents a series of foundational models and nomenclature for discussing cybersecurity countermeasures, and then introduces the Cyber Defense (CyDef) model, which provides a systematic and intuitive way for decision-makers to effectively communicate with operations and device experts.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1]
  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1367477
Report Number(s):
SAND-2017-6078
654025
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Kimura, Margot, DeVries, Troy Robert, and Gordon, Susanna P. The Cyber Defense (CyDef) Model for Assessing Countermeasure Capabilities.. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.2172/1367477.
Kimura, Margot, DeVries, Troy Robert, & Gordon, Susanna P. The Cyber Defense (CyDef) Model for Assessing Countermeasure Capabilities.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1367477
Kimura, Margot, DeVries, Troy Robert, and Gordon, Susanna P. 2017. "The Cyber Defense (CyDef) Model for Assessing Countermeasure Capabilities.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1367477. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1367477.
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author = {Kimura, Margot and DeVries, Troy Robert and Gordon, Susanna P.},
abstractNote = {Cybersecurity is essential to maintaining operations, and is now a de facto cost of business. Despite this, there is little consensus on how to systematically make decisions about cyber countermeasures investments. Identifying gaps and determining the expected return on investment (ROI) of adding a new cybersecurity countermeasure is frequently a hand-waving exercise at best. Worse, cybersecurity nomenclature is murky and frequently over-loaded, which further complicates issues by inhibiting clear communication. This paper presents a series of foundational models and nomenclature for discussing cybersecurity countermeasures, and then introduces the Cyber Defense (CyDef) model, which provides a systematic and intuitive way for decision-makers to effectively communicate with operations and device experts.},
doi = {10.2172/1367477},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
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