Professor Arun Sood, of the Volgenau School's Computer Science Department and Self Cleansing Intrusion Technology (SCIT) Labs, presentation on "Minimizing the risk of a breach with a Moving Target solution" won the Most Innovative Solution Award at the 2014 Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International Cyber Symposium in Baltimore, Maryland..
The paper describes SCIT as an approach to managing the consequences of a successful cyber intrusion. The underlying assumption of SCIT is that an online server is likely to be compromised as soon as it is exposed to the Internet. An online server, therefore, must be periodically cleansed to restore it to a known clean state. SCIT disrupts the hacker processes by constantly rotating servers to limit the time an intruder can stay in a system.
SCIT's entry was part of the symposium's Cyber Solutions Trail competition, which afforded presenters a new opportunity to demonstrate solutions to government and potential industry partners. Members of the AFCEA Technology and Cyber Committees Entries evaluated the entries based on their innovation and their relevance to cybersecurity. They chose the best 12 submissions and awards were given for Best Overall Solution, Most Innovative Solution, and Best Value Solution.
In addition to the AFCEA award, SCIT earned recognition from several other organizations. It was a runner up for the Most Disruptive Technology award in a competition by Innovative Solutions Consortium that addressed three hard problems in critical infrastructure protection. SCIT also won the Tomorrow's Security Technology award in a competition organized by the Global Security Challenge,
About SCIT research at George Mason University International Cyber Center
The SCIT research project at George Mason University aims to create a secure server cluster framework. Its research has been supported by US Army's Telemedicine and Technology Research Center, the NIST funded Critical Infrastructure Protection Program, SUN Microsystems, Lockheed Martin, Commonwealth of Virginia CTRF (project partner Northrop Grumman). The Office of Naval Research is funding additional research to extend the applicability of the SCIT concept.
About SCIT Labs
SCIT technology has been supported by US Army, the Department of Homeland Security, and US Navy. Additional details are available at www.scitlabs.com