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A method for testing distributed anomaly detectors

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  • Sugumar, Gayathri
  • Mathur, Aditya

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Distributed anomaly detectors are deployed in critical infrastructure to raise alerts when the underlying plant deviates from its expected behaviour. A novel method, referred to as SCM, that uses well defined state and command mutation operators, is proposed to test such detectors prior to their deployment. Cyber-attacks, each modelled as a timed-automaton, serve as reference attacks. A potentially large set of attacks is then created by systematically applying the mutation operators to each reference attack. In a case study, SCM was applied to a timed-automata model of a water treatment plant to assess its effectiveness in testing a distributed anomaly detector. Results attest to the value of SCM in identifying weaknesses in an anomaly detector, prior to its deployment, and improving its effectiveness in detecting process anomalies.

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  • Sugumar, Gayathri & Mathur, Aditya, 2019. "A method for testing distributed anomaly detectors," International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Elsevier, vol. 27(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ijocip:v:27:y:2019:i:c:s1874548219301210
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcip.2019.100324
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