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A Consolidated Game Framework for Cooperative Defense Against Cross-Domain Cyber Attacks in Satellite-Enabled Internet of Things
Linan Huang, Peilong Liu, Xu Chen +3
As the adoption of satellite-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) continues to rise, its intricate multidomain architecture becomes increasingly susceptible to cross-domain cyber threa…
Toward Secure Operation and Management (O&M) of Satellite Constellations: Efficiency, Resilience, and Reliability in a Network Perspective
Linan Huang, Peilong Liu, Xi Chen +3
Satellite constellations equipped with Inter-Satellite Links and onboard packet switching enable real-time Operation and Management across globally distributed satellites, but also…
STARDIS: Strategic Scheduling and Deceptive Signaling for Satellite Intrusion Detection System Deployment
Yuzhou Xiao, Linan Huang, Jiachen Sun +3
Satellite communication networks operate under stringent computational constraints and are susceptible to sophisticated cyberattacks. This paper introduces a novel defense framewor…
An Introduction of System-Scientific Approaches to Cognitive Security
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Human cognitive capacities and the needs of human-centric solutions for "Industry 5.0" make humans an indispensable component in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs), referred to as Human…
ZETAR: Modeling and Computational Design of Strategic and Adaptive Compliance Policies
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Compliance management plays an important role in mitigating insider threats. Incentive design is a proactive and non-invasive approach to achieving compliance by aligning an inside…
RADAMS: Resilient and Adaptive Alert and Attention Management Strategy against Informational Denial-of-Service (IDoS) Attacks
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Attacks exploiting human attentional vulnerability have posed severe threats to cybersecurity. In this work, we identify and formally define a new type of proactive attentional att…
Combating Informational Denial-of-Service (IDoS) Attacks: Modeling and Mitigation of Attentional Human Vulnerability
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
This work proposes a new class of proactive attacks called the Informational Denial-of-Service (IDoS) attacks that exploit the attentional human vulnerability. By generating a larg…
Reinforcement Learning for Feedback-Enabled Cyber Resilience
Yunhan Huang, Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Digitization and remote connectivity have enlarged the attack surface and made cyber systems more vulnerable. As attackers become increasingly sophisticated and resourceful, mere r…
ADVERT: An Adaptive and Data-Driven Attention Enhancement Mechanism for Phishing Prevention
Linan Huang, Shumeng Jia, Emily Balcetis +1
Attacks exploiting the innate and the acquired vulnerabilities of human users have posed severe threats to cybersecurity. This work proposes ADVERT, a human-technical solution that…
Convergence of Bayesian Nash Equilibrium in Infinite Bayesian Games under Discretization
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
We prove the existence of Bayesian Nash Equilibrium (BNE) of general-sum Bayesian games with continuous types and finite actions under the conditions that the utility functions and…
Farsighted Risk Mitigation of Lateral Movement Using Dynamic Cognitive Honeypots
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Lateral movement of advanced persistent threats has posed a severe security challenge. Due to the stealthy and persistent nature of the lateral movement, defenders need to consider…
Duplicity Games for Deception Design with an Application to Insider Threat Mitigation
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Recent incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack and the SolarWinds hack have shown that traditional defense techniques are becoming insufficient to deter adversari…
Dynamic Games for Secure and Resilient Control System Design
Yunhan Huang, Juntao Chen, Linan Huang +1
Modern control systems are featured by their hierarchical structure composing of cyber, physical, and human layers. The intricate dependencies among multiple layers and units of mo…
Strategic Learning for Active, Adaptive, and Autonomous Cyber Defense
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
The increasing instances of advanced attacks call for a new defense paradigm that is active, autonomous, and adaptive, named as the \texttt{`3A'} defense paradigm. This chapter int…
A Dynamic Game Framework for Rational and Persistent Robot Deception With an Application to Deceptive Pursuit-Evasion
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
This article studies rational and persistent deception among intelligent robots to enhance security and operational efficiency. We present an N-player K-stage game with an asymmetr…
Adaptive Honeypot Engagement through Reinforcement Learning of Semi-Markov Decision Processes
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
A honeynet is a promising active cyber defense mechanism. It reveals the fundamental Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) by luring attackers to conduct adversarial behaviors in a contr…
A Dynamic Games Approach to Proactive Defense Strategies against Advanced Persistent Threats in Cyber-Physical Systems
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) have recently emerged as a significant security challenge for a cyber-physical system due to their stealthy, dynamic and adaptive nature. Proacti…
Game-Theoretic Analysis of Cyber Deception: Evidence-Based Strategies and Dynamic Risk Mitigation
Tao Zhang, Linan Huang, Jeffrey Pawlick +1
Deception is a technique to mislead human or computer systems by manipulating beliefs and information. For the applications of cyber deception, non-cooperative games become a natur…
Dynamic Bayesian Games for Adversarial and Defensive Cyber Deception
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Security challenges accompany the efficiency. The pervasive integration of information and communications technologies (ICTs) makes cyber-physical systems vulnerable to targeted at…
Distributed and Optimal Resilient Planning of Large-Scale Interdependent Critical Infrastructures
Linan Huang, Juntao Chen, Quanyan Zhu
The complex interconnections between heterogeneous critical infrastructure sectors make the system of systems (SoS) vulnerable to natural or human-made disasters and lead to cascad…
Adaptive Strategic Cyber Defense for Advanced Persistent Threats in Critical Infrastructure Networks
Linan Huang, Quanyan Zhu
Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) have created new security challenges for critical infrastructures due to their stealthy, dynamic, and adaptive natures. In this work, we aim to l…