A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks

Pushpinder Chouhan; Bronagh Quigley; Alfie Beard; Luke Chen

doi:10.1109/ISDFS52919.2021.9486362

A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks

Pushpinder Chouhan, Bronagh Quigley, Alfie Beard, Luke Chen

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Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) applications have attracted growing attention due to the widespread availability of low-cost, high power computing devices supported by the latest mobile, wireless and edge technologies. Consequently, this has given rise to new opportunities for cyberattacks, both in sophistication and scale. Prior research has predominantly focused on detecting cyberattacks in real time, while attack mitigation is left to security experts, which is usually both time consuming and requires complex decision-making skills like prioritization and the trade-off of impacts and costs. Recently, research has been directed towards deploying automated responses, with these systems mostly employing static rule-based response selection methodologies. In this paper, we present a novel cost-based response selection method for detected attacks, which is both adaptive and dynamic, addressing the importance of attack and host characteristics within response selection. The methodology is tested and evaluated in a use case, in a real-world IoT scenario, demonstrating its effectiveness.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings
Editors	Asaf Varol, Murat Karabatak, Cihan Varol
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-4481-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISDFS52919.2021.9486362
Publication status	Published online - 20 Jul 2021
Event	International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security - Elazig, Turkey and Online, Elazig, Turkey Duration: 28 Jun 2021 → 29 Jun 2021 http://isdfs.org/

Publication series

Name	9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, ISDFS 2021

Conference

Conference	International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security
Country/Territory	Turkey
City	Elazig
Period	28/06/21 → 29/06/21
Internet address	http://isdfs.org/

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© 2021 IEEE.

Keywords

Cost-based analysis
Cyberattacks
Cybersecurity
Internet of Things
Knowledge-driven decision making
Response selection

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Chouhan, P., Quigley, B., Beard, A., & Chen, L. (2021). A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks. In A. Varol, M. Karabatak, & C. Varol (Eds.), 2021 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS): Proceedings (9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, ISDFS 2021). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISDFS52919.2021.9486362

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Chouhan, P, Quigley, B, Beard, A & Chen, L 2021, A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks. in A Varol, M Karabatak & C Varol (eds), 2021 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS): Proceedings. 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, ISDFS 2021, International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, Elazig, Turkey, 28/06/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISDFS52919.2021.9486362

A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks. / Chouhan, Pushpinder; Quigley, Bronagh; Beard, Alfie et al.
2021 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS): Proceedings. ed. / Asaf Varol; Murat Karabatak; Cihan Varol. 2021. (9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, ISDFS 2021).

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Chouhan P, Quigley B, Beard A, Chen L. A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks. In Varol A, Karabatak M, Varol C, editors, 2021 9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security (ISDFS): Proceedings. 2021. (9th International Symposium on Digital Forensics and Security, ISDFS 2021). Epub 2021 Jul 20. doi: 10.1109/ISDFS52919.2021.9486362

A Cost Based Dynamic Response Method for Internet of Things Cyberattacks

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