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Table 7 Defense mechanism configurations defined in securiCAD for cyber security Analysis

From: Load balancing of renewable energy: a cyber security analysis

Asset Defense Mechanism

Configuration

 
  

Less Secure

More Secure

  

IT

OT

IT

OT

Host

ASLR

1

1

1

1

 

AntiMalware

1

0

1

0

 

DEP

1

1

1

1

 

Hardened

0

1

0

1

 

HostFirewall

1

0

1

0

 

Patched

0.95

0.5

0.75

0.25

 

StaticARPTables

1

1

1

1

Service

Patched

0.95

0.5

0.75

0.25

Client

Patched

0.95

0.5

0.75

0.25

Network

DNSSec

1

0

1

0

 

Authenticated

1

0

1

0

 

Nonce

1

0

1

0

SoftwareProduct (Hosts)

HasVendorSupport

1

1

1

1

 

NoPatchableVulnerability

0.2

0.5

0

0.75

 

NoUnpatchableVulnerability

0.99

0.99

0.9

0.99

 

SafeLanguages

0

0

0

0

 

Scrutinized

1

1

1

1

 

SecretBinary

0

0

0

0

 

SecretSource

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

 

StaticCodeAnalysis

1

1

1

1

SoftwareProduct (Clients & Services)

HasVendorSupport

1

1

1

1

 

NoPatchableVulnerability

0.1

0.75

0

0.75

 

NoUnpatchableVulnerability

0.75

0.99

0.9

0.99

 

SafeLanguages

0

0

0

0

 

Scrutinized

0.75

0.75

0.75

0.75

 

SecretBinary

0

0

0

0

 

SecretSource

1

1

1

1

 

StaticCodeAnalysis

1

0.25

1

0.25

ZoneManagement

AntiMalwarePolicy

1

1

1

0.5

 

ChangeControl

0.99

0.5

0.99

0.5

 

HostFirewall

0.99

0.5

0.99

0.5

 

PatchManagement

0

0

0

0

WebApplication

BlackBoxTesting

0.75

0.5

0.75

0.5

 

NoPublicCIVulnerabilities

0.95

1

0.95

1

 

NoPublicRFIVulnerabilities

0.95

1

0.95

1

 

NoPublicSQLIVulnerabilities

0.95

1

0.95

1

 

NoPublicXSSVulnerabilities

0.95

1

0.95

1

 

SecurityAwareDevelopers

0.75

0.5

0.75

0.5

 

StaticCodeAnalysis

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

 

TypeSafeAPI

0.75

0.25

0.75

0.25

Firewall

Enabled

1

1

1

1

 

KnownRuleSet

0.99

0.95

0.99

0.75

Datastore

Encrypted

0.5

0

0.5

0

AccessControl

Backoff

0.5

0

0.5

0

 

Enabled

1

1

1

1

 

HashedPasswordRepository

1

1

1

1

 

NoDefaultPasswords

0.99

0.5

0.99

0.25

 

PasswordPolicyEnforcement

1

0

1

0

 

Salting

1

1

1

0.5

User

SecurityAware

1

1

0

0

Keystore

Encrypted

1

1

1

1