Modeling the vulnerabilities validation mechanism in the active analysis of the security of corporate networks using Bernstein polynomials

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Roman Kyrychok
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9919-9691
Herman Shuklin
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2507-384X
Oleg Barabash
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1715-0761
Galyna Gaidur
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0591-3290

Abstract

The subject of the article is the models of the process of active analysis of the security of information systems and networks, in particular, one of its key components, namely the vulnerability validation mechanism. The purpose of the article is to develop a mathematical model for analysing the number of successful and negative validations over a rational cycle of validation of identified vulnerabilities during an automated active analysis of the security of the corporate network. Results: Based on the observations and studies of the exploitation tools of the identified vulnerabilities, it was decided to describe the dynamic of the validation processes using Bernstein polynomials, which successfully approximate the analytical dependencies for the quantitative characteristics of the vulnerability validation process. Also based on a comparison of the empirical and calculated values of these characteristics, it was established that deviations are permissible. Conclusions: The developed mathematical model provides with analytical dependencies for the number of successfully validated, invalidated vulnerabilities and the number of vulnerability validation cases that led to critical errors over the rational cycle of validation of identified vulnerabilities.

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Kyrychok, R., Shuklin, H., Barabash, O., & Gaidur, G. (2020). Modeling the vulnerabilities validation mechanism in the active analysis of the security of corporate networks using Bernstein polynomials. Advanced Information Systems, 4(3), 118–123. https://doi.org/10.20998/2522-9052.2020.3.17
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Methods of information systems protection
Author Biographies

Roman Kyrychok, State University of Telecommunications, Kyiv

postgraduate student, assistant of information and cybersecurity department

Herman Shuklin, State University of Telecommunications, Kyiv

Candidate of Technical Sciences, Head of Information and cyber defense systems Department

Oleg Barabash, State University of Telecommunications, Kyiv

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Mathematics Department

Galyna Gaidur, State University of Telecommunications, Kyiv

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of information and cybersecurity

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