NDLI: Enhancing Security Testing via Automated Replication of IT-Asset Topologies

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Birkholz, H. Sieverdingbeck, I. Kuntze, N. Rudolph, C.
Copyright Year	2013
Description	Author affiliation: Fraunhofer Inst. for Secure Inf. Technol. (SIT), Darmstadt, Germany (Birkholz, H.; Sieverdingbeck, I.; Kuntze, N.; Rudolph, C.)
Abstract	Security testing of IT-infrastructure in a production environment can have a negative impact on business processes supported by IT-assets. A test bed can be used to provide an alternate testing environment in order to mitigate this impact. Unfortunately, for small and medium enterprises, maintaining a physical test bed and its consistency with the production environment is a cost-intensive task. In this paper, we present the Infrastructure Replication Process (IRP) and a corresponding Topology Editor, to provide a cost-efficient method that makes security testing in small and medium enterprises more feasible. We utilize a virtual environment as a test bed and provide a structured approach that takes into account the differences between a physical and a virtual environment. Open standards, such as SCAP, OVAL or XCCDF, and the utilization the Interconnected-asset Ontology-IO-support the integration of the IRP into existing (automated) processes. We use the implementation of a prototype to present a proof-of-concept that shows how typical challenges regarding security testing can be successfully mitigated via the IRP.
Starting Page	341
Ending Page	349
File Size	697111
Page Count	9
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9780769550084
DOI	10.1109/ARES.2013.46
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2013-09-02
Publisher Place	Germany
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Network topology security testing virtualization Production security automation testbed Topology Security Virtualization ontologies Testing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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