Publications

Our team is very active in the research community and we frequently publish the results of our work. Here are a few select publications.

Integrating Physical and Cyber Security Resources to Detect Wireless Threats to Critical Infrastructure	D’Amico, A., Verderosa, C., Horn, C. and Imhof, T. (2011 accepted) “Integrating Physical and Cyber Security Resources to Detect Wireless Threats to Critical Infrastructure,” 2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 15-17 November 2011, Waltham, MA.
Technology Transition of Network Defense Visual Analytics: Lessons Learned from Case Studies	O’Brien, B, D’Amico, A. and Larkin, M. (2011 accepted) “Technology Transition of Network Defense Visual Analytics: Lessons Learned from Case Studies,” 2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, 15-17 November 2011, Waltham, MA.
Blending Bloom’s Taxonomy and Serious Game Design	Buchanan, L, Wolanczyk, F. and Zinghini, F. (2011) “Blending Bloom’s Taxonomy and Serious Game Design.” In Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference on Security and Management (Las Vegas, Nevada USA, July 18-21, 2011), H.R.Arabnia, M.R.Grimaila, G. Markowsky, S. Aissi, Eds. CSREA Press, V.II, 518-521.
Visual Analysis of Goal-Directed Network Defense Decisions	Christopher Horn and Anita D’Amico, “Visual Analysis of Goal-Directed Network Defense Decisions,” in Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security, VizSec ’11 (Pittsburgh, PA, USA: ACM, 2011).
Visual Analysis of Code Security	John R. Goodall, Hassan Radwan, and Lenny Halseth (2010), “Visual analysis of code security,” Proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium on Visualization for Cyber Security, pp. 46-51 (VizSec ’10).
Mission Impact of Cyber Events: Scenarios and Ontology to Express the Relationships between Cyber Assets, Missions, and Users	D’Amico, A., Buchanan, L., Goodall, J. and Walczak, P. (2010) “Mission Impact of Cyber Events: Scenarios and Ontology to Express Relationships between Cyber Assets, Missions and Users,” International Conference on i-Warfare and Security (ICIW), The Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, USA, 8-9 April 2010.
VIAssist: Visual analytics for cyber defense	J. R Goodall and M. Sowul, “VIAssist: Visual analytics for cyber defense,” in Technologies for Homeland Security, 2009. HST’09. IEEE Conference on, 143–150.
Advances in Topological Vulnerability Analysis	Steven Noel, Matthew Elder, Sushil Jajodia, Pramod Kalapa, Scott O’Hare, Kenneth Prole, “Advances in Topological Vulnerability Analysis.”, Proceedings of the Cybersecurity Applications & Technology Conference for Homeland Security (CATCH), IEEE Press, 2009, 124-129
APA Article “Preventing Cyber Attacks”	This article reported the testimony of Secure Decisions Director Dr. Anita D’Amico before a Congressional subcommittee in June 2009. The article appeared in Monitor on Psychology, a publication of the American Psychological Association.
Camus: Automatically Mapping Cyber Assets to Missions and Users	J. R Goodall, A. D’Amico, and J. K Kopylec, “CAMUS: automatically mapping cyber assets to missions and users,” in Military Communications Conference, 2009. MILCOM 2009. IEEE, 2009, 1–7.
Visual Analytics for Network Flow Analysis	John R. Goodall and Daniel T. Tesone. “Visual Analytics for Network Flow Analysis.” Proceedings of the Cybersecurity Applications & Technology Conference For Homeland Security (CATCH), IEEE Press, 2009, 199-204.
The Jagged Joystick: Game Technology Challenges for Net-Centric Training Simulations	Underwood, M., Tesone, D., D’Amico, A., and Doris, K. (2008) The Jagged Joystick: Game Technology for Net-Centric Training Simulations. Proceedings of the Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Spring 2008 Simulation Interoperability Workshop.
Wireless Cyber Assets Discovery Visualization	Kenneth Prole, John R. Goodall, Anita D. D’Amico, and Jason Kopylec. “Wireless Cyber Assets Discovery Visualization.” Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSec), Springer LNCS, 2008, 136-143.
The Real Work of Computer Network Defense Analysts	Anita D’Amico and Kirsten Whitley. “The Real Work of Computer Network Defense Analysts: The Analysis Roles and Processes that Transform Network Data into Security Situation Awareness,” VizSec 2007: Proceedings of the Workshop on Visualization for Computer Security. Springer, Berlin, 2008, 19-37.
Achieving Cyber Defense Situational Awareness: A Cognitive Task Analysis of Information Assurance Analysts	D’Amico, A., Whitley, K., Tesone, D., O’Brien, B., and Roth, E. “Achieving cyber defense situational awareness: A cognitive task analysis of information assurance analysts,” Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49th Annual Meeting, 2005, 229-233.
Balancing Interactive Data Management of Massive Data with Situational Awareness through Smart Aggregation	Daniel R. Tesone and John R. Goodall, “Balancing Interactive Data Management of Massive Data with Situational Awareness through Smart Aggregation,” Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Visual Analytics Science and Technology (VAST), 2007, 67-74.
Visual Discovery in Computer Network Defense	Anita D. D’Amico, John R. Goodall, Daniel R. Tesone and Jason K. Kopylec, “Visual Discovery in Computer Network Defense,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 27(5), IEEE Press, 2007, 20-27.
Focusing on Context in Network Traffic Analysis	John R. Goodall, Wayne G. Lutters, Penny Rheingans and Anita Komlodi, “Focusing on Context in Network Traffic Analysis,” IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 26(2), IEEE Press, 2006, 72-80.
Information Assurance Visualizations for Specific Stages of Situational Awareness and Intended Uses: Lessons Learned	Anita D’Amico, Michael Kocka, “Information Assurance Visualizations for Specific Stages of Situational Awareness and Intended Uses: Lessons Learned,” vizsec, p. 13, IEEE Workshops on Visualization for Computer Security (VizSec’05), 2005
Methods of Visualizing Temporal Patterns in and Mission Impact of Computer Security Breaches	Anita D’Amico, Mark Larkin, “Methods of Visualizing Temporal Patterns in and Mission Impact of Computer Security Breaches,” discex, p. 0343, DARPA Information Survivability Conference and Exposition (DISCEX II’01) Volume I-Volume 1, 2001
What Does a Computer Security Breach Really Cost?	D’Amico, A. “What Does a Computer Security Breach Really Cost?” SANS Institute GIAC Certification Paper, September 7, 2000.
Achieving Information Resiliency	Zavidniak, Pa., D’Amico, A., and McCallam, D. “Achieving Information Resiliency,” Information Technology Security Report, Vol 4, No 3 (1999) 54-62, Elsevier Science Ltd.