A distributed multi-Agent architecture for computer security situational awareness

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Fusion, FUSION 2003

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 193-200

  Engeihardt, Dean ^a   Anderson, Mark ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agent architectures; Computer security; Distributed analysis; Multi Abstraction architectures

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTERS; INFORMATION FUSION; SECURITY OF DATA;

AGENT ARCHITECTURES; DISTRIBUTED ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; MULTI ABSTRACTION; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; REASONING SYSTEM; SECURITY SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS;

SECURITY SYSTEMS;

EID: 26944446706     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIF.2003.177446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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