2019/11/25 by Paul Théron, Théron, Paul, Alexander Kott +1 · 1 citation
Computer Science · #Advanced Malware Detection Techniques #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information and Cyber Security #Network Security and Intrusion Detection
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1912.01959
openalex publication_date 2019/11/25 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the coming years, the future of military combat will include, on one hand,\nartificial intelligence-optimized complex command, control, communications,\ncomputers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) and networks\nand, on the other hand, autonomous intelligent Things fighting autonomous\nintelligent Things at a fast pace. Under this perspective, enemy forces will\nseek to disable or disturb our autonomous Things and our complex\ninfrastructures and systems. Autonomy, scale and complexity in our defense\nsystems will trigger new cyber-attack strategies, and autonomous intelligent\nmalware (AIM) will be part of the picture. Should these cyber-attacks succeed\nwhile human operators remain unaware or unable to react fast enough due to the\nspeed, scale or complexity of the mission, systems or attacks, missions would\nfail, our networks and C4ISR would be heavily disrupted, and command and\ncontrol would be disabled. New cyber-defense doctrines and technologies are\ntherefore required. Autonomous cyber defense (ACyD) is a new field of research\nand technology driven by the defense sector in anticipation of such threats to\nfuture military infrastructures, systems and operations. It will be implemented\nvia swarms of autonomous intelligent cyber-defense agents (AICAs) that will\nfight AIM within our networks and systems. This paper presents this\ncyber-defense technology of the future, the current state of the art in this\nfield and its main challenges. First, we review the rationale of the ACyD\nconcept and its associated AICA technology. Then, we present the current\nresearch results from NATO's IST-152 Research Task Group on the AICA Reference\nArchitecture. We then develop the 12 main technological challenges that must be\nresolved in the coming years, besides ethical and political issues.\n