Evaluation of an autonomous intelligent cyberdefense agent at NATO cyber coalition exercise 2022

Benjamin Blakely; Hannah Billings; Nate Evans; Antoine Landry; Alberto Domingo

doi:10.1117/12.2662959

15 June 2023 Evaluation of an autonomous intelligent cyberdefense agent at NATO cyber coalition exercise 2022

Benjamin Blakely, Hannah Billings, Nate Evans, Antoine Landry, Alberto Domingo

Proceedings Volume 12542, Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences VII; 125420D (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662959
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper the authors present the results of an experiment conducted at the 2022 NATO Cyber Coalition Exercise in Tallinn, Estonia wherein a prototype Autonomous Intelligent Cyberdefense Agent (AICA) was evaluated for its contributions to cyber operator efficacy. Six teams were given list of objectives to accomplish including preventing other teams from accomplishing the same. This included monitoring the operations of a simulated power micro-grid supporting each team’s network. Half of the teams (assigned at random) were given a AICA prototype. Evaluation of efficacy included self-reports from participating teams and measurement of total system uptime. Testing highlighted areas where future development can further enhance the prototype to improve automated responses and interactions with operators, as well as enhancements for future exercises of this type.

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Benjamin Blakely, Hannah Billings, Nate Evans, Antoine Landry, and Alberto Domingo "Evaluation of an autonomous intelligent cyberdefense agent at NATO cyber coalition exercise 2022", Proc. SPIE 12542, Disruptive Technologies in Information Sciences VII, 125420D (15 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2662959

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