Mason researchers are going to make it a little tougher for hackers to break into computer networks, thanks to two projects for $120K funded by the U.S. Navy. Kun Sun, a research professor in the Volgenau School of Engineering’s Center for Secure Information Systems, is leading the projects. Current enterprise networks make it easy for hackers because these networks are static and use fixed configurations, giving hackers plenty of time to plan attacks. Sun and his crew are designing and developing an “adaptive and disinformation system” dubbed Cyber Moat. The moat protects the real system by hiding it in a continuously morphing virtual network while it feeds falsehoods to the hackers.
Cyber Moat: Adaptive Virtualized Network Framework for Deception and Disinformation
Design and Implementation of Decoy Enhanced Dynamic Virtualization Networks