Minmax Restless Bandits for Efficient Moving Target Defense

Pierre Charreaux (1, 2) , Alexandre Reiffers-Masson (1, 2) , Francoise Sailhan (2, 1) , Sandrine Vaton (2, 1)

1 Lab-STICC_MATHNET - Equipe Math & Net
2 IMT Atlantique - INFO - Département Informatique

The static configuration of networks (including security-related tools) gives attackers a significant advantage. To address this issue, we propose a Moving Target Defense (MTD) that introduces changes in the virtual network configuration and disrupts the attacker's exploration phase. In particular, we formalise MTD as a restless bandit problem, considering IP and port shuffling.

Mots clés: MTD; Restless Bandit

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Pierre Charreaux, Alexandre Reiffers-Masson, Francoise Sailhan, Sandrine Vaton. Minmax Restless Bandits for Efficient Moving Target Defense. Rendez-vous de la Recherche et de l'Enseignement de la Sécurité des Systèmes d'Information (RESSI), May 2024, Eppe-Sauvage, France. ⟨hal-04564665⟩