Presenting a method to perform cyber maneuvers

Abstract

Performing cyber maneuvers in an operational environment is not easy. We need a cyber-situational awarenessframework to perform its maneuvers to protect the cyberspace and to cope with its attacks. The battlefield provided hasessential information for detecting cybercrime events. The present study resolved the challenges of implementing thesemaneuvers through dynamic simulation of the cyber battlefield. The cyber battlefield contains detailed information oncyberspace elements, including the vulnerability knowledge repository, the tangible and intangible components of thecyberspace allowing maneuvering, penetration testing, injection attacks, tracking attacks, visualization, evaluation ofthe impact of cyberattacks, and risk evaluation. By injecting attacks and using the proposed algorithms, an impactassessment of each attack step on each of the elements of the environment has been done to identify potential threats.Using the proposed algorithms, an impact assessment has been performed on each of the environmental elements inorder to identify potential threats. A dynamic updating simulator engine has been designed to update the vulnerabilityknowledge base automatically and change the topology and features of elements, accesses, services, hosts, and users.Modeling and simulation were evaluated using a qualitative research method and creating a focus group.