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A Study on the Analysis of Validity and Importance of Event Log for the Detection of Insider Threats to Control System (제어시스템의 내부자 위협 탐지를 위한 Event Log 타당성 및 중요도 분석에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Jongmin;Kim, DongMin;Lee, DongHwi
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.18 no.3
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    • pp.77-85
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    • 2018
  • With the convergence of communications network between control system and public network, such threats like information leakage/falsification could be fully shown in control system through diverse routes. Due to the recent diversification of security issues and violation cases of new attack techniques, the security system based on the information database that simply blocks and identifies, is not good enough to cope with the new types of threat. The current control system operates its security system focusing on the outside threats to the inside, and it is insufficient to detect the security threats by insiders with the authority of security access. Thus, this study conducted the importance analysis based on the main event log list of "Spotting the Adversary with Windows Event Log Monitoring" announced by NSA. In the results, the matter of importance of event log for the detection of insider threats to control system was understood, and the results of this study could be contributing to researches in this area.

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An Architecture of a Dynamic Cyber Attack Tree: Attributes Approach (능동적인 사이버 공격 트리 설계: 애트리뷰트 접근)

  • Eom, Jung-Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.67-74
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, we presented a dynamic cyber attack tree which can describe an attack scenario flexibly for an active cyber attack model could be detected complex and transformed attack method. An attack tree provides a formal and methodical route of describing the security safeguard on varying attacks against network system. The existent attack tree can describe attack scenario as using vertex, edge and composition. But an attack tree has the limitations to express complex and new attack due to the restriction of attack tree's attributes. We solved the limitations of the existent attack tree as adding an threat occurrence probability and 2 components of composition in the attributes. Firstly, we improved the flexibility to describe complex and transformed attack method, and reduced the ambiguity of attack sequence, as reinforcing composition. And we can identify the risk level of attack at each attack phase from child node to parent node as adding an threat occurrence probability.

A Study on Improving Information Security Compliance of Organization Insider (조직 내부자의 정보보안 준수 향상에 대한 연구)

  • Hwang, In-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.24 no.4_2
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    • pp.421-434
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    • 2021
  • The expansion of information sharing activities using online can increase the threat of information exposure by increasing the diversity of approaches to information within an organization. The purpose of this study is to present conditions for improving the information security compliance intention of insiders to improve the level of information security within the organization. In detail, the study applies the theory of planned behavior that clearly explains the cause of an individual's behavior and proposes a way to increase the compliance intention by integrating the social control theory and goal-setting theory. The study presented research models and hypotheses based on previous studies, collected samples by applying a questionnaire technique, and tested hypotheses through structural equation modeling. As a result, information security attitude, subjective norms, and self-efficacy had a positive influence on the intention to comply. Also, attachment, commitment, and involvement, which are the factors of social control theory, formed a positive attitude toward information security. Goal difficulty and goal specificity, which are the factors of goal setting theory, formed a positive self-efficacy. The study presents academic and practical implications in terms of suggesting a method of improving the information security compliance intention of employees.

Ring Signature Scheme Based on Lattice and Its Application on Anonymous Electronic Voting

  • Zhou, Yihua;Dong, Songshou;Yang, Yuguang
    • KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.287-304
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    • 2022
  • With the development of quantum computers, ring signature schemes based on large integer prime factorization, discrete logarithm problem, and bilinear pairing are under threat. For this reason, we design a ring signature scheme based on lattice with a fixed verification key. Compared with the previous ring signature scheme based on lattice, our design has a fixed verification key and does not disclose the signer's identity. Meanwhile, we propose an anonymous electronic voting scheme by using our ring signature scheme based on lattice and (t, n) threshold scheme, which makes up for the lack of current anonymous electronic voting that cannot resist attacks of the quantum computer. Finally, under standard model (SM), we prove that our ring signature scheme based on lattice is anonymous against the full-key exposure, and existentially non-forgeable against insider corruption. Furthermore, we also briefly analyze the security of our anonymous electronic voting scheme.

A system for detecting document leakage by insiders through continuous user authentication by using document reading behavior (문서 읽기 행위를 이용한 연속적 사용자 인증 기반의 내부자 문서유출 탐지기술 연구)

  • Cho, Sungyoung;Kim, Minsu;Won, Jongil;Kwon, SangEun;Lim, Chaeho;Kang, Brent ByungHoon;Kim, Sehun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.181-192
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    • 2013
  • There have been various techniques to detect and control document leakage; however, most techniques concentrate on document leakage by outsiders. There are rare techniques to detect and monitor document leakage by insiders. In this study, we observe user's document reading behavior to detect and control document leakage by insiders. We make each user's document reading patterns from attributes gathered by a logger program running on Microsoft Word, and then we apply the proposed system to help determine whether a current user who is reading a document matches the true user. We expect that our system based on document reading behavior can effectively prevent document leakage.

A Method of Device Validation Using SVDD-Based Anormaly Detection Technology in SDP Environment (SDP 환경에서 SVDD 기반 이상행위 탐지 기술을 이용한 디바이스 유효성 검증 방안)

  • Lee, Heewoong;Hong, Dowon;Nam, Kihyo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.1181-1191
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    • 2021
  • The pandemic has rapidly developed a non-face-to-face environment. However, the sudden transition to a non-face-to-face environment has led to new security issues in various areas. One of the new security issues is the security threat of insiders, and the zero trust security model is drawing attention again as a technology to defend against it.. Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) technology consists of various security factors, of which device validation is a technology that can realize zerotrust by monitoring insider usage behavior. But the current SDP specification does not provide a technology that can perform device validation.. Therefore, this paper proposes a device validation technology using SVDD-based abnormal behavior detection technology through user behavior monitoring in an SDP environment and presents a way to perform the device validation technology in the SDP environment by conducting performance evaluation.

Development of Security Anomaly Detection Algorithms using Machine Learning (기계 학습을 활용한 보안 이상징후 식별 알고리즘 개발)

  • Hwangbo, Hyunwoo;Kim, Jae Kyung
    • The Journal of Society for e-Business Studies
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    • v.27 no.1
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2022
  • With the development of network technologies, the security to protect organizational resources from internal and external intrusions and threats becomes more important. Therefore in recent years, the anomaly detection algorithm that detects and prevents security threats with respect to various security log events has been actively studied. Security anomaly detection algorithms that have been developed based on rule-based or statistical learning in the past are gradually evolving into modeling based on machine learning and deep learning. In this study, we propose a deep-autoencoder model that transforms LSTM-autoencoder as an optimal algorithm to detect insider threats in advance using various machine learning analysis methodologies. This study has academic significance in that it improved the possibility of adaptive security through the development of an anomaly detection algorithm based on unsupervised learning, and reduced the false positive rate compared to the existing algorithm through supervised true positive labeling.

An Exploratory Study for Clustering of Technology Leakage Activitie (기술유출행위 군집화를 위한 탐색적 연구)

  • Kim, Jaesoo;Kim, Jawon;Kim, Jeongwook;Choi, Yurim;Chang, Hangbae
    • Convergence Security Journal
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.3-9
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    • 2019
  • Most of security countermeasures have been implemented to cope with continuous increase leakage of technology, but almost security countermeasures are focused on securing the boundary between inside and outside. This is effective for detecting and responding to attacks from the outside, but it is vulnerable to internal security incidents. In order to prevent internal leakage effectively, this study identifies activities corresponding to technology leakage activities and designes technology leakage activity detection items. As a design method, we analyzed the existing technology leakage detection methods based on the previous research and analyzed the technology leakage cases from the viewpoint of technology leakage activities. Through the statistical analysis, the items of detection of the technology leakage outcomes were verified to be appropriate, valid and reliable. Based on the results of this study, it is expected that it will be a basis for designing the technology leaking scenarios based on future research and leaking experiences.

A Study on the Abnormal Behavior Detection Model through Data Transfer Data Analysis (자료 전송 데이터 분석을 통한 이상 행위 탐지 모델의 관한 연구)

  • Son, In Jae;Kim, Huy Kang
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.647-656
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    • 2020
  • Recently, there has been an increasing number of cases in which important data (personal information, technology, etc.) of national and public institutions are leaked to the outside world. Surveys show that the largest cause of such leakage accidents is "insiders." Insiders of organization with the most authority can cause more damage than technology leaks caused by external attacks due to the organization. This is due to the characteristics of insiders who have relatively easy access to the organization's major assets. This study aims to present an optimized property selection model for detecting such abnormalities through supervised learning algorithms among machine learning techniques using actual data such as CrossNet data transfer system transmission log, e-mail transmission log, and personnel information, which safely transmits data between separate areas (security area and non-security area) of the business network and the Internet network.

A Study of Countermeasures for Advanced Persistent Threats attacks by malicious code (악성코드의 유입경로 및 지능형 지속 공격에 대한 대응 방안)

  • Gu, MiSug;Li, YongZhen
    • Journal of Convergence Society for SMB
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2015
  • Due to the advance of ICT, a variety of attacks have been developing and active. Recently, APT attacks using malicious codes have frequently occurred. Advanced Persistent Threat means that a hacker makes different security threats to attack a certain network of a company or an organization. Exploiting malicious codes or weaknesses, the hacker occupies an insider's PC of the company or the organization and accesses a server or a database through the PC to collect secrets or to destroy them. The paper suggested a countermeasure to cope with APT attacks through an APT attack process. It sought a countermeasure to delay the time to attack taken by the hacker and suggested the countermeasure able to detect and remove APT attacks.

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