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Toward Robust Models of Cyber Situation Awareness
Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA (2018)
  • Ian A. Cooke, San Jose State University
  • Alexander Scott, San Jose State University
  • Novia Wong, San Jose State University
  • Kasia Sliwinska, San Jose State University
  • Soham V. Shah, San Jose State University
  • Jihun Liu, San Jose State University
  • David Schuster, San Jose State University
Abstract
Cybersecurity is a rapidly growing worldwide concern that provides a novel, multifaceted problem space for Human Factors researchers. Current models of Cyber Situation Awareness (CSA) have begun to identify the foundational elements with respect to individual analysts. We propose that the CSA models can be augmented to include awareness of end user behaviors and favor knowledge of the cyber threat landscape. In this paper, we present a review of current CSA models and definitions. We then expand upon existing models by considering how they apply at the user level or in the incorporation of diverse and distributed participating agents, such as end-users and adversaries.
Keywords
  • Cybersecurity,
  • Human-systems integration,
  • Computer network defense,
  • Decision making,
  • Cyber threat intelligence
Disciplines
Publication Date
June 24, 2018
Editor
Tareq Z. Ahram & Denise Nicholson
Publisher
Springer, Cham
Series
Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
ISBN
9783319947822
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-94782-2_13
Citation Information
Ian A. Cooke, Alexander Scott, Novia Wong, Kasia Sliwinska, et al.. "Toward Robust Models of Cyber Situation Awareness" Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity: Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA Vol. 782 (2018) p. 127 - 137
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_schuster/61/