Technology of Information Security
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App. Res. of Comp. Printed Article
Vol. 38, 2021 No. 12
3744-3751

Executors diversity metric for multi-variant systems

Chen Yumei
Hu Hongchao
Wang Yawen
Tong Qing
People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force Information Engineering University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2021.06.0196

Abstract

Nowadays, multi-variant systems with endogenous security show great potential in defending against zero-day vulnerabilities. However, existing researches lack a quantitative assessment between diversity and security. Hence, this paper proposed a diversity metric of executors for multi-variant systems, which was based on system attribute matrix built with executor attributes and attribute types. The method evaluated the spatial diversity of the executor set by the attribute diversity and local diversity, and analyzed the matrix parameters and diversity weights to achieve the maximum diversification. This paper also built a multi-variant system and a zero-day attack model to assess the effectiveness of this indicator. The evaluation results show that the proposed diversity metric can effectively measure the differences between executors. According to the relationship between the heterogeneity of executors and the success rate of attacks, system's security can be indirectly evaluated. According to conclusions, this paper provides some guidance in building a more diverse and security system.

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Publish Information

DOI: 10.19734/j.issn.1001-3695.2021.06.0196
Publish at: Application Research of Computers Printed Article, Vol. 38, 2021 No. 12
Section: Technology of Information Security
Pages: 3744-3751
Serial Number: 1001-3695(2021)12-040-3744-08

Publish History

[2021-12-05] Printed Article

Cite This Article

陈玉枚, 扈红超, 王亚文, 等. 面向多变体系统的执行体多样性度量方法 [J]. 计算机应用研究, 2021, 38 (12): 3744-3751. (Chen Yumei, Hu Hongchao, Wang Yawen, et al. Executors diversity metric for multi-variant systems [J]. Application Research of Computers, 2021, 38 (12): 3744-3751. )

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