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An Intelligent Agent for Computer Security and Forensic Training

Authors:
Davi França
André dos Santos
Marcial Fernandez

Keywords: Information Security and Forensic; Intelligence Agent; Security and Forensic Training; Simulation

Abstract:
The information security and digital forensic training practice is a challenging task because it requires a controlled environment, operating system files and network elements, and is prone to corrupted files. The forensic professional needs to collect and analyze many system logs and historical data to provide a correct identification to unknown attacks. Thus, Shellter, a social network dedicated to teaching and practice of information security and digital forensic training is aimed to help educators, tutors, students and enthusiasts in this area. Shellter offers challenges, educational tracks, materials for studies, information sharing forums and simulations to provide a full arena for hands-on learning. In the simulated environment, one difficulty is motivating users to exploit their knowledge, to learn new things, and to reach the goals presented by the system. This work presents a multi-agent system to provide a realistic training environment, motivating students to learn information security and forensics. The proposed agent was evaluated in the Shellter environment and shows an improvement on creating new tasks to motivate the student.

Pages: 21 to 27

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2017

Publication date: April 23, 2017

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4413

ISBN: 978-1-61208-546-3

Location: Venice, Italy

Dates: from April 23, 2017 to April 27, 2017