A Visual Model for Web Applications Security Monitoring

2019/04/05 by Tran Tri Dang, Dang, Tran Tri, Tran Khanh Dang +1
Computer Science · #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #Data Visualization and Analytics #Digital and Cyber Forensics #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Web Data Mining and Analysis

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1904.03320

openalex publication_date 2019/04/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel visual model for web applications security monitoring. Although an automated intrusion detection system can shield a web application from common attacks, it usually cannot detect more complicated break-ins. So, a human-assisted monitoring system is an indispensable complement, following the "Defense in depth" strategy. To support human operators working more effectively and efficiently, information visualization techniques are utilized in this model. A prototype implementation of this model is created and is used to test against a popular open source web application. Testing results prove the model's usefulness, at least in understanding the web application security structure.

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