OverFlow: An overview visualization for network analysis

6th International Workshop on Visualization for Cyber Security 2009, VizSec 2009 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-19

  Glanfield, Joel ^a   Brooks, Stephen ^a   Taylor, Teryl ^a   Paterson, Diana ^a   Smith, Christopher ^a   Gates, Carrie ^b   McHugh, John ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Sterling Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Information visualization; Network; Security

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ISSUES; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION; NETWORK ACTIVITIES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NETWORK DATA; NETWORK VISUALIZATION;

DATA VISUALIZATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

NETWORK SECURITY;

EID: 77949409069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VIZSEC.2009.5375536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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