Analysis and Assessment of Situational Awareness Models for National Cyber Security Centers

Timea Pahi, Maria Leitner, Florian Skopik

2017

Abstract

National cyber security centers (NCSCs) are gaining more and more importance to ensure the security and proper operations of critical infrastructures (CIs). As a prerequisite, NCSCs need to collect, analyze, process, assess and share security-relevant information from infrastructure operators. A vital capability of mentioned NCSCs is to establish Cyber Situational Awareness (CSA) as a precondition for understanding the security situation of critical infrastructures. This is important for proper risk assessment and subsequent reduction of potential attack surfaces at national level. In this paper, we therefore survey theoretical models relevant for Situational Awareness (SA) and present a collaborative CSA model for NCSCs in order to enhance the protection of CIs at national level. Additionally, we provide an application scenario to illustrate a hands-on case of utilizing a CSA model in a NCSC, especially focusing on information sharing. We foresee this illustrative scenario to aid decision makers and practitioners who are involved in establishing NCSCs and cyber security processes on national level to better understand the specific implications regarding the application of the CSA model for NCSCs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Pahi T., Leitner M. and Skopik F. (2017). Analysis and Assessment of Situational Awareness Models for National Cyber Security Centers . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-209-7, pages 334-345. DOI: 10.5220/0006149703340345

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp17,
author={Timea Pahi and Maria Leitner and Florian Skopik},
title={Analysis and Assessment of Situational Awareness Models for National Cyber Security Centers},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2017},
pages={334-345},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006149703340345},
isbn={978-989-758-209-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Analysis and Assessment of Situational Awareness Models for National Cyber Security Centers
SN - 978-989-758-209-7
AU - Pahi T.
AU - Leitner M.
AU - Skopik F.
PY - 2017
SP - 334
EP - 345
DO - 10.5220/0006149703340345