VIAssist: Visual analytics for cyber defense

John R. Goodall; Mark Sowul

doi:10.1109/THS.2009.5168026

VIAssist: Visual analytics for cyber defense

John R. Goodall, Mark Sowul

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Abstract

Analysis of voluminous computer network data has become a common practice for cyber defense, but few tools provide adequate support for cyber-infrastructure defenders' workflow, visual exploration, IP geo-location, scalability, collaboration, or reporting. The state-of-the-art in visual analysis tools for cyber defense is typically no more than spreadsheets and primitive charting. While familiar to users, this approach ignores the human perceptual ability to identify novel patterns and anomalies when data is presented graphically. This paper reports on a visual analytics systems, VIAssist, being developed for cyber-infrastructure protection that helps cyber defenders better understand the massive, multi-dimensional datasets to protect our nation's critical infrastructure.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009
Pages	143-150
Number of pages	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/THS.2009.5168026
State	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009 - Waltham, MA, United States Duration: May 11 2009 → May 12 2009

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Name	2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009

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Conference	2009 IEEE Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Waltham, MA
Period	05/11/09 → 05/12/09

Keywords

Computer network security
Site security monitoring
Visual analytics
Visualization

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