National Program of Depth
Cyber Attacks
Protecting National Infrastructure, 1st ed.
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Depth
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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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