Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint]

Ilesanmi, Olufemi; Faily, Shamal; Nicho, Mathew; McDermott, Christopher

Abstract

Thwarting potential attackers is always at the heart of cybersecurity software designs. This interdisciplinary paper in computing science and law investigates the possibility of building attacker personas through reliance on case law facts. To combat the threat of cybercrime, software engineers, cybersecurity professionals and law enforcement agencies across the globe are turning to attacker profiling. In law, attacker and victim profiles provide specific characteristics of an attacker or victim. Facts, which are put together by trial courts in case law and upon which judges apply legal principle to make decisions, could also serve as data for the building of personas. The study accordingly aims at determining whether, and to what extent, an attacker persona can be created using case law facts.

Citation

ILESANMI, O., FAILY, S., NICHO, M. and MCDERMOTT, C. 2024. Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint]. Hosted on SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4812698

• Working Paper Type: Working Paper
• Deposit Date: May 6, 2024
• Publicly Available Date: May 6, 2024
• Series Title: SSRN
• Series ISSN: 1556-5068
• Keywords: Systems security; Cybersecurity; Attacker personas; Law and technology; Case law
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2332363
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4812698
• Additional Information: This preprint has been submitted to the journal "Forensic Science International: Mind and Law".