Improving Cyber-Attack Predictions Through Information Foraging

Homework 8

Due a week after the first class at 11:59 pm

Read the assigned articles in D2L. Answer the questions below. The answers must demonstrate that you have substantively engaged with the material and you haven’t simply goggled the question and copy/pasted the answer.

1. What kinds of information might a vulnerability analyst need to search for? Where can that kind of information be found?

2. What kinds of information might a cyber forensic investigator need to search for? Where can that kind of information be found?

3. Give an example of a search task in cybersecurity with one well-defined target. Is this a common situation?

4. Give an example of a search task in cybersecurity with several ill-defined targets. Is this a common situation?

5. What kinds of information search and stopping rules would be most appropriate for looking for new vulnerabilities? What sorts of places would you need to search?

6. What kinds of information search and stopping rules would be most appropriate for Open Source Intelligence (OSNIT) tasks?

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