A budgeted maximum multiple coverage model for cybersecurity planning and management

• Published in: IIE transactions Vol. 51; no. 12; pp. 1303 - 1317
• Main Authors: Zheng, Kaiyue, Albert, Laura A., Luedtke, James R., Towle, Eli
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Taylor & Francis 02.12.2019; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Algorithms; Approximation; Bending machines; coverage models; critical infrastructure protection; Cyber-security; Cybersecurity; Failure; Greedy algorithms; Optimization; submodular optimization

This article studies how to identify strategies for mitigating cyber-infrastructure vulnerabilities. We propose an optimization framework that prioritizes the investment in security mitigations to maximize the coverage of vulnerabilities. We use multiple coverage to reflect the implementation of a l...