Publication Abstract

Cunningham, R. K., Kassay, D. A., McLain, C. D., Battlefield Intrusion Detection System, Proceedings MILCOM 2003, Boston MA, USA, October 2003.

Abstract

The US Army is deploying a system connected via a mobile, wireless network that collects, distributes and displays information about the surrounding battlefield. This information is valuable, so the computers that store and display it and the communication infrastructure that transmits it need to be protected from attacks. In this paper, we describe Battlefield Intrusion Detection System (BIDS), a system that, through years of development and testing, has proven to be effective and efficient at detecting and responding to local and remote computer network attacks. Since BIDS is used in several different roles, a key component has been the flexible and configurable range of automated responses that depend on the type of alert, the source of the attack, the identity of the audit user, and the reaction configuration.