Cyber-Threat Propagation over Network-Slicing Architectures

Michele Cirillo; Mario Di Mauro; Vincenzo Matta; Giuseppe Basileo

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Cyber-Threat Propagation over Network-Slicing Architectures

Michele Cirillo, Mario Di Mauro, Vincenzo Matta, Giuseppe Basileo

Abstract

This work deals with cyber-threat propagation across a communication network designed according to the network-slicing paradigm. Exploiting the multi-dimensional Birth-Death-Immigration model, we examine threat percolation from a vulnerable slice to a virtually secured slice. The analysis quantifies the role played by slice-coupling on threat propagation, revealing how cross-slice attacks can be particularly dangerous in applications where the attacker opens a door in some slice relative, e.g., to ordinary services, breaking through into a slice that delivers critical services such as healthcare or financial services.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{icassp2022_cyberthreatpropa,
  title = {Cyber-Threat Propagation over Network-Slicing Architectures},
  author = {Michele Cirillo and Mario Di Mauro and Vincenzo Matta and Giuseppe Basileo},
  booktitle = {ICASSP 2022},
  year = {2022}
}