Title : 
Moving-Target Defenses for Computer Networks
         
        
            Author : 
Carvalho, Marco ; Ford, Richard
         
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
One of the criticisms of traditional security approaches is that they present a static target for attackers. Critics state, with good justification, that by allowing the attacker to reconnoiter a system at leisure to plan an attack, defenders are immediately disadvantaged. To address this, the concept of moving-target defense (MTD) has recently emerged as a new paradigm for protecting computer networks and systems.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computer network security; MTD; computer network protection; moving-target defenses; security approach; static target; Complexity theory; Computer crime; Computer security; Cyberspace; Network security; Target tracking; MTD; attack; moving-target defense; system security; target;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Security & Privacy, IEEE
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MSP.2014.30