August 14th, 2017
There are too many cyberattacks and data breaches and too few professionals to address these threats. Current approaches to addressing cyberattacks and data breaches are mostly manual, signature base, reactive and not robust or resilient. Furthermore, the increasing complexity of the cyberspace and its dynamic nature makes it impossible for humans to effectively secure and protect the cyber system. This space therefore requires a paradigm shift towards more automated solutions so security experts could be more efficiently utilised and more advanced cybersecurity capabilities can be made available through software-as-a-service. DSS aims to move towards the development/building of an autonomic cyber prosilient service (resilience with consciousness of environment, self-awareness, and the capacity to evolve). Some of the key research questions DSS aims to address under autonomic cyber systems are:
