NDLI: An Iterative and Toolchain-Based Approach to Automate Scanning and Mapping Computer Networks

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An Iterative and Toolchain-Based Approach to Automate Scanning and Mapping Computer Networks

Content Provider	ACM Digital Library
Author	Marksteiner, Stefan Lernbeiß, Harald Jandl-Scherf, Bernhard
Abstract	As today's organizational computer networks are ever evolving and becoming more and more complex, finding potential vulnerabilities and conducting security audits has become a crucial element in securing these networks. The first step in auditing a network is reconnaissance by mapping it to get a comprehensive overview over its structure. The growing complexity, however, makes this task increasingly effortful, even more as mapping (instead of plain scanning), presently, still involves a lot of manual work. Therefore, the concept proposed in this paper automates the scanning and mapping of unknown and non-cooperative computer networks in order to find security weaknesses or verify access controls. It further helps to conduct audits by allowing comparing documented with actual networks and finding unauthorized network devices, as well as evaluating access control methods by conducting delta scans. It uses a novel approach of augmenting data from iteratively chained existing scanning tools with context, using genuine analytics modules to allow assessing a network's topology instead of just generating a list of scanned devices. It further contains a visualization model that provides a clear, lucid topology map and a special graph for comparative analysis. The goal is to provide maximum insight with a minimum of a priori knowledge.
Starting Page	37
Ending Page	43
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450345668
DOI	10.1145/2994475.2994479
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2016-10-24
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Networks Network scanning Network mapping Security
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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