National Program of Depth

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Cyber Attacks

Protecting National Infrastructure, 1st ed.

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Introduction

  • Anylayerofdefensecanfailatanytime,thusthe
    introduction of defense in depth
  • Aseriesofprotectiveelementsisplacedbetweenan
    asset and the adversary
  • Theintentistoenforcepolicyacrossallaccesspoints

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Fig. 6.1 – General defense in depth schema

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Effectiveness of Depth

  • Quantifyingtheeffectivenessofalayereddefenseis often difficult
  • Effectivenessisbestdeterminedbyeducatedguesses
  • Thefollowingarerelevantforestimating
    effectiveness
    – Practical experience
    – Engineering analysis
    – Use-case studies
    – Testing and simulation

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Fig. 6.2 – Moderately effective single layer of protection

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Effectiveness of Depth
• Whenalayerfails,wecanconcludeitwaseither

flawed or unsuited to the target environment

• Nolayeris100%effective—thegoalofmakinglayers “highly” effective is more realistic

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Fig. 6.3 – Highly effective single layer of protection

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Fig. 6.4 – Multiple moderately effective layers of protection

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Layered Authentication

  • Anationalauthenticationsystemforeverycitizen would remove the need for multiple passwords, passphrases, tokens, certificates, and biometrics that weaken security
  • Singlesign-on(SSO)wouldaccomplishthis authentication simplification objective
  • However,SSOaccessneedstobepartofa multilayered defense

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Fig. 6.5 – Schema showing two layers of end-user authentication

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Fig. 6.6 – Authentication options including direct mobile access

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Layered E-Mail Virus and Spam Protection

  • Commercialenvironmentsareturningtovirtual,in- the-cloud solutions to filter e-mail viruses and spam
  • Tothatsecuritylayerisaddedfilteringsoftwareon individual computers
  • Antivirussoftwarehelpful,butuselessagainstcertain attacks (like botnet)

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Fig. 6.7 – Typical architecture with layered e-mail filtering

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Layered Access Controls

• Layeringaccesscontrolsincreasessecurity

• Addtothisthelimitingofphysicalaccesstoassets

• Fornationalinfrastructure,assetsshouldbecovered by as many layers possible

– Network-based firewalls – Internal firewalls
– Physical security

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Fig. 6.8 – Three layers of protection using firewall and access controls

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Layered Encryption

• Fiveencryptionmethodsfornationalinfrastructure protection

– Mobile device storage – Network transmission

– Secure commerce
– Application strengthening
– Server and mainframe data storage

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Fig. 6.9 – Multple layers of encryption

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Layered Intrusion Detection

  • Thepromiseoflayeredintrusiondetectionhasnot been fully realized, though it is useful
  • Theinclusionofintrusionresponsemakesthe layered approach more complex
  • Therearethreeopportunitiesfordifferentintrusion detection systems to provide layered protection
    – In-band detection
    – Out-of-band correlation – Signature sharing

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Fig. 6.10 – Sharing intrusion detection information between systems

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National Program of Depth

• Developingamultilayereddefensefornational infrastructure would require a careful architectural analysis of all assets and protection systems

– Identifying assets
– Subjective estimations
– Obtaining proprietary information – Identifying all possible access paths

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