학술논문

Making a case for high-bandwidth monitoring - a use case for analysis on the wire
Document Type
Conference
Source
2017 New York Scientific Data Summit (NYSDS) Scientific Data Summit (NYSDS), 2017 New York. :1-6 Aug, 2017
Subject
Computing and Processing
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Monitoring
Bandwidth
Computer networks
Real-time systems
Security
Wires
Government
Software Defined Networks
100gbs network flow rate
Advanced Persistent Threat Introduction
Language
Abstract
This paper describes current efforts to architect, research, develop, and test a next-generation, high-bandwidth network monitoring framework designed to handle the rigors of large scientific feeds. This framework will be capable of transparently capturing and analyzing network traffic in real time so as to enable early and rapid response to potential threats. We seek to adapt and integrate existing and ongoing work on streaming data analysis on the wire and packet capture with real-time analytics using accelerators to create a next-generation, high-bandwidth network-monitoring framework. Flow inter-rogation in real time will transparently divert selected network flows to an attached computing infrastructure and subject them to processing and analysis. With acceptable quality of service (QoS), this system will detect suspicious activities, with innocent flows allowed to proceed to their original destination and suspicious flows are either dropped or further processed and monitored with appropriate storage and analysis. Going beyond detecting what would be the preponderance of attack vectors to identifying all attack vectors including the subtle methods of Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). Although it is hard to hack the existing systems, with no direct monitoring or air-gap, a determined adversary such as an APT could find a way onto a government network.