System and method thereof for multi-tiered mitigation of cyber-attacks
First Claim
1. A method for mitigating cyber attacks in a multi-tiered communication network, comprising:
- selecting at least one new protection resource to secure a protected entity in a tier of the multi-tiered communication network when a protection resource currently assigned to the protected entity cannot efficiently handle a detected cyber attack, wherein the selection is based on at least one of a computed current aggregated load metric (ALM) and a security capability of the at least one protection resource, and wherein the at least one new protection resource is in a higher tier than the tier of the multi-tiered communication network that the protected entity resides.
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling multi-tiered mitigation of cyber-attacks. The method comprises monitoring at least availability and load of each protection resource in a multi-tiered communication network, wherein each tier in the multi-tiered communication network includes a plurality of protection resources having capacity and security capabilities set according to the respective tier; for each protection resource, computing a current aggregated load metric (ALM); determining based on at least one of the computed ALM and security capabilities of a respective protection resource, if the respective protection resource assigned to a protected entity can efficiently handle a detected cyber-attack against the protected entity; and selecting at least one new protection resource to secure the protected entity, upon determining the protection resource cannot efficiently handle the detected cyber-attack, wherein the selection is based on at least one of the computed ALM and a security capabilities of the at least one protection resource.
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1. A method for mitigating cyber attacks in a multi-tiered communication network, comprising:
selecting at least one new protection resource to secure a protected entity in a tier of the multi-tiered communication network when a protection resource currently assigned to the protected entity cannot efficiently handle a detected cyber attack, wherein the selection is based on at least one of a computed current aggregated load metric (ALM) and a security capability of the at least one protection resource, and wherein the at least one new protection resource is in a higher tier than the tier of the multi-tiered communication network that the protected entity resides. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for mitigating cyber attacks in a multi-tiered communication network, comprising:
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at least one processing unit; and a memory, the memory containing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processing unit, configure the system to; select at least one new protection resource to secure a protected entity in a tier of the multi-tiered communication network when a protection resource currently assigned to the protected entity cannot efficiently handle a detected cyber attack, wherein the selection is based on at least one of a computed current aggregated load metric (ALM) and a security capability of the at least one protection resource, and wherein the at least one new protection resource is in a higher tier than the tier of the multi-tiered communication network that the protected entity resides. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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