• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권12호
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• pp.29-36
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• 2022

Smart grid (SG) software platforms and communication networks that run and manage the entire grid are increasingly concerned about cyber security. Characteristics of the smart grid networks, including heterogeneity, time restrictions, bandwidth, scalability, and other factors make it difficult to secure. The age-old strategy of "building bigger walls" is no longer sufficient given the rise in the quantity and size of cyberattacks as well as the sophisticated methods threat actor uses to hide their actions. Cyber security experts utilize technologies and procedures to defend IT systems and data from intruders. The primary objective of every organization's cybersecurity team is to safeguard data and information technology (IT) infrastructure. Consequently, further research is required to create guidelines and methods that are compatible with smart grid security. In this study, we have discussed objectives of of smart grid security, challenges of smart grid security, defensive cybersecurity techniques, offensive cybersecurity techniques and open research challenges of cybersecurity.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.585-598
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• 2019

A cyber-physical system (CPS) is a new mechanism controlled or monitored by computer algorithms that intertwine physical and software components. Advanced persistent threats (APTs) represent stealthy, powerful, and well-funded attacks against CPSs; they integrate physical processes and have recently become an active research area. Existing offensive and defensive processes for APTs in CPSs are usually modeled by incomplete information game theory. However, honeypots, which are effective security vulnerability defense mechanisms, have not been widely adopted or modeled for defense against APT attacks in CPSs. In this study, a honeypot game-theoretical model considering both low- and high-interaction modes is used to investigate the offensive and defensive interactions, so that defensive strategies against APTs can be optimized. In this model, human analysis and honeypot allocation costs are introduced as limited resources. We prove the existence of Bayesian Nash equilibrium strategies and obtain the optimal defensive strategy under limited resources. Finally, numerical simulations demonstrate that the proposed method is effective in obtaining the optimal defensive effect.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.71-80
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• 2023

사이버공간은 지상, 해상, 공중, 우주에 이어 다섯 번째 새로운 전쟁 공간으로 자리매김하였고, 군사작전 측면에서도 사이버공간이 핵심적인 공격과 방어 목표가 되고 있다. 세계 각국은 이러한 사이버공간에 대한 공세적 사이버 작전 수행의지를 보인다. 본 논문에서는 기존의 방어적 전략인 사이버 킬체인 모델에 합동 항공임무명령서(ATO)의 임무수행주기와 합동표적처리 절차를 융합한 공세적 개념의 사이버 킬체인 모델을 제안한다. 제안한 모델은 사이버 작전의 합동성 측면에서 물리 작전과 사이버 작전의 통합을 통해 전략적 차원의 국가 사이버 작전 역량 개선에 기여할 것으로 기대한다.

• 정보보호학회논문지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.1247-1258
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• 2018

록히드 마틴사(社)에서 제안한 사이버킬체인은 사이버 공격절차를 7단계로 표준화하고, 각 단계별로 적절한 대응방안을 제시함으로써 궁극적으로 공격자가 공격목적을 달성하지 못하도록 하는 사이버작전 수행 간 방어에 대한 방법론을 제공한다. 이와 같은 사이버킬체인 모델을 활용하면 기존의 방법들로는 대응하기 어려웠던 지능형 지속공격(APT)에 보다 효과적인 대응이 가능하다는 장점이 있다. 하지만 최근의 사이버작전은 목표시스템을 직접 공격하는 기술적 사이버작전보다는 목표시스템 관리자나 사용자의 취약점을 통해 목표시스템을 우회적으로 공격하는 사회공학 사이버작전의 비중이 늘어가고 있는 추세이다. 이런 상황에서 기술적 사이버작전을 방어하기 위한 기존의 사이버킬체인 개념만으로는 사회공학 사이버작전에 효과적으로 대응할 수 없다. 따라서 본 논문에서 우리는 사회공학 사이버 작전에 효과적으로 대응할 수 있는 사회공학 사이버킬체인에 대한 개념을 정립하고자 한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.1273-1300
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• 2024

In the complex virtual environment of cyberspace, comprised of digital and communication networks, ensuring the security of information is being recognized as an ongoing challenge. The importance of 'Cyber Situation Awareness (CSA)' is being emphasized in response to this. CSA is understood as a vital capability to identify, understand, and respond to various cyber threats and is positioned at the heart of cyber security strategies from a defensive perspective. Critical industries such as finance, healthcare, manufacturing, telecommunications, transportation, and energy can be subjected to not just economic and societal losses from cyber threats but, in severe cases, national losses. Consequently, the importance of CSA is being accentuated and research activities are being vigorously undertaken. A systematic five-step approach to CSA is introduced against this backdrop, and a deep analysis of recent research trends, techniques, challenges, and future directions since 2019 is provided. The approach encompasses current situation and identification awareness, the impact of attacks and vulnerability assessment, the evolution of situations and tracking of actor behaviors, root cause and forensic analysis, and future scenarios and threat predictions. Through this survey, readers will be deepened in their understanding of the fundamental importance and practical applications of CSA, and their insights into research and applications in this field will be enhanced. This survey is expected to serve as a useful guide and reference for researchers and experts particularly interested in CSA research and applications.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.7-10
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• 2014

In order to develop smart grid communications infrastructure, a high level of interconnectivity and reliability among its nodes is required. Sensors, advanced metering devices, electrical appliances, and monitoring devices, just to mention a few, will be highly interconnected allowing for the seamless flow of data. Reliability and security in this flow of data between nodes is crucial due to the low latency and cyber-attacks resilience requirements of the Smart Grid. In particular, Artificial Intelligence techniques such as Fuzzy Logic, Bayesian Inference, Neural Networks, and other methods can be employed to enhance the security gaps in conventional IDSs. A distributed FPGA-based network with adaptive and cooperative capabilities can be used to study several security and communication aspects of the smart grid infrastructure both from the attackers and defensive point of view. In this paper, the vital issue of security in the smart grid is discussed, along with a possible approach to achieve this by employing FPGA based Radial Basis Function (RBF) network intrusion.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.3-10
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• 2013

사이버공격은 단순 범죄의 차원을 넘어 테러의 성격을 보이고 있으며 국가안보를 위협하고 있다. 오늘날 사이버안보 위협 양상은 국가 기밀과 개인정보의 유출 및 확산, 기반시설 제어시스템에 대한 직접적인 공격의 현실화, 정치 사회적 목적을 지닌 핵티비즘 대두 등으로 나타나고 있으며, 한국의 경우는 남북분단에 따른 북한의 위협이라는 특수한 상황이 더해져 있다. 따라서 사이버공격을 국가안보적 측면에서 다루면서 사이버안보 추진체계를 점검하고 문제점을 확인하여 개선해야 한다. 정부는 국가 사이버안보 종합대책을 발표하는 등 노력을 기울이고 있으나 제도적으로 미흡한 점이 있다. 사이버안보 추진체계의 제도적 개선을 위한 과제로는 관계부처 기관 역할의 법적 근거 정비, 국가차원 합동대응 강화, 정보공유 체계 정립 및 활성화, 산업육성 및 인력양성을 통한 기반조성, 연구개발 강화를 통한 방어수단 확보 등이 있다. 이러한 과제를 해결하기 위해서는 관련 법률의 제 개정에 많은 관심을 기울이고 법제도 개선을 실천하여야 한다.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.9-17
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• 2024

본 논문은 기업 내 생성형 AI(Generative Artificial Intelligence) 시스템의 보안 위협과 대응 방안을 제시한다. AI 시스템이 방대한 데이터를 다루면서 기업의 핵심 경쟁력을 확보하는 한편, AI 시스템을 표적으로 하는 보안 위협에 대비해야 한다. AI 보안 위협은 기존 사람을 타겟으로 하는 사이버 보안 위협과 차별화된 특징을 가지므로, AI에 특화된 대응 체계 구축이 시급하다. 본 연구는 AI 시스템 보안의 중요성과 주요 위협 요인을 분석하고, 기술적/관리적 대응 방안을 제시한다. 먼저 AI 시스템이 구동되는 IT 인프라 보안을 강화하고, AI 모델 자체의 견고성을 높이기 위해 적대적 학습 (adversarial learning), 모델 경량화(model quantization) 등 방어 기술을 활용할 것을 제안한다. 아울러 내부자 위협을 감지하기 위해, AI 질의응답 과정에서 발생하는 이상 징후를 탐지할 수 있는 AI 보안 체계 설계 방안을 제시한다. 또한 사이버 킬 체인 개념을 도입하여 AI 모델 유출을 방지하기 위한 변경 통제와 감사 체계 확립을 강조한다. AI 기술이 빠르게 발전하는 만큼 AI 모델 및 데이터 보안, 내부 위협 탐지, 전문 인력 육성 등에 역량을 집중함으로써 기업은 안전하고 신뢰할 수 있는 AI 활용을 통해 디지털 경쟁력을 제고할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국IT서비스학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.157-167
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• 2016

Task environment for enterprises and public institutions are moving into cyberspace-based environment and structing the LTE wireless network. The applications "App" operated in the LTE wireless network are mostly being developed with Android-based. But Android-based malwares are surging and they are the potential DDoS attacks. DDoS attack is a major information security threat and a means of cyber attacks. DDoS attacks are difficult to detect in advance and to defense effectively. To this end, a DMZ is set up in front of a network infrastructure and a particular server for defensive information security. Because There is the proliferation of mobile devices and apps, and the activation of android diversify DDoS attack methods. a DMZ is a limit to detect and to protect against DDoS attacks. This paper proposes an information security method to detect and Protect DDoS attacks from the terminal phase using a Preemptive military strategy concept. and then DDoS attack detection and protection app is implemented and proved its effectiveness by reducing web service request and memory usage. DDoS attack detection and protecting will ensure the efficiency of the mobile network resources. This method is necessary for a continuous usage of a wireless network environment for the national security and disaster control.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제22권5호
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• pp.342-347
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• 2022

On Cloud, the important data of the user that is protected on remote servers can be accessed via internet. Due to rapid shift in technology nowadays, there is a swift increase in the confidential and pivotal data. This comes up with the requirement of data security of the user's data. Data is of different type and each need discrete degree of conservation. The idea of data security data science permits building the computing procedure more applicable and bright as compared to conventional ones in the estate of data security. Our focus with this paper is to enhance the safety of data on the cloud and also to obliterate the problems associated with the data security. In our suggested plan, some basic solutions of security like cryptographic techniques and authentication are allotted in cloud computing world. This paper put your heads together about how machine learning techniques is used in data security in both offensive and defensive ventures, including analysis on cyber-attacks focused at machine learning techniques. The machine learning technique is based on the Supervised, UnSupervised, Semi-Supervised and Reinforcement Learning. Although numerous research has been done on this topic but in reference with the future scope a lot more investigation is required to be carried out in this field to determine how the data can be secured more firmly on cloud in respect with the Machine Learning Techniques and cryptographic methods.