TY - GEN
T1 - Resilience of Networks to Spreading Computer Viruses
T2 - 36th IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium, NOMS 2023
AU - Tavori, Jhonatan
AU - Levy, Hanoch
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Deployment of anti-virus software is a common strategy for preventing and controlling the propagation of computer viruses and worms over a computer network. As the deployment of such programs is often limited due to monetary or operational costs, devising optimal strategies for their allocation and deployment can be of high value to the operation, performance, and resilience of the target networks.We study the effects of anti-virus deployment (i.e., 'vaccination') strategies on the ability of a network to block the spread of a virus. Such ability is obtained when the network reaches 'Herd Immunity', achieved when a large fraction of the network entities is immune to the infection, which provides protection even for entities which are not immune. We use a model that explicitly accounts for the inherent heterogeneity of network nodes activity and derive optimal strategies for anti-virus deployment.
AB - Deployment of anti-virus software is a common strategy for preventing and controlling the propagation of computer viruses and worms over a computer network. As the deployment of such programs is often limited due to monetary or operational costs, devising optimal strategies for their allocation and deployment can be of high value to the operation, performance, and resilience of the target networks.We study the effects of anti-virus deployment (i.e., 'vaccination') strategies on the ability of a network to block the spread of a virus. Such ability is obtained when the network reaches 'Herd Immunity', achieved when a large fraction of the network entities is immune to the infection, which provides protection even for entities which are not immune. We use a model that explicitly accounts for the inherent heterogeneity of network nodes activity and derive optimal strategies for anti-virus deployment.
KW - Computer Viruses
KW - Convex optimization
KW - Network Resilience
KW - Resources Allocation
KW - Stochastic Spreading
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85164739493&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/NOMS56928.2023.10154217
DO - 10.1109/NOMS56928.2023.10154217
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AN - SCOPUS:85164739493
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2023, NOMS 2023
BT - Proceedings of IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium 2023, NOMS 2023
A2 - Akkaya, Kemal
A2 - Festor, Olivier
A2 - Fung, Carol
A2 - Rahman, Mohammad Ashiqur
A2 - Granville, Lisandro Zambenedetti
A2 - dos Santos, Carlos Raniery Paula
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 8 May 2023 through 12 May 2023
ER -