Using the Cyber Situational Awareness Concept for Protection of Agricultural Enterprise Management Information Systems

Abstract

There are similarities in information management between military and agricultural systems, e.g. distribution, impact of the environment, mobile agents, and the human factor are functioning in 2-and 3-dimensional space. This allows spin-offs in the implementation of the concept of Cyber Situational Awareness (CSA), which is studied intensively in the defence field, but so far has not been applied with the aim to protect agricultural enterprise management systems. The purpose of this study is to substantiate the directions for the implementation of the CSA concept for the protection of corporate networks of agricultural enterprises, with the hypothesis that this will allow effective protection. The methodological basis is formed by the current provisions of the CSA concept, system analysis and synthesis. Results. The stability of communication channels and security is largely determined by the reliability of data transmission in the network, which is ensured by the design of the appropriate network structure. This in turn will provide opportunities to implement the first level of the CSA concept in IT to protect agricultural management systems.

Predicting Cyber-Attack using Cyber Situational Awareness: The Case of Independent Power Producers (IPPs)

“…Since many sectors in the economy are primarily dependent on Critical infrastructures (CI) [11], where information is sent and received for processing to predict possible future threats and adequately plan the power generation environment. According to Nekha and Dorosh [23], the critical aspect of cyber situational awareness can timely deal with an emerging threat model. Hence, critically examine elements such as people, information, and networks in the context of cyber situational awareness within the operational environment of the independent power producers (IPPs) in perspective.…”

“…Frequently, receiving devices generate information obtained from different devices sources and determine its reliability. Nonconformities between the essential information and possible vulnerabilities areas in the grid can be recognized from emerging information's nature [23]. The constructs objective is to evaluate vulnerabilities and their ramifications on the grid.…”