COMPUTER VIRUS ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES (ECM)

C(3)CM WAS CONCEIVED AS AN APPROACH FOR ATTACKING MILITARY COMMAND & CONTROL SYSTEMS. IT IS DEFINED AS "AN INTEGRATED PROCESS WHICH USES OPSEC, MILITARY DECEPTION, JAMMING, AND PHYSICAL DESTRUCTION, SUPPORTED BY INTELLIGENCE, TO DENY INFORMATION, INFLUENCE, DEGRADE, OR DESTROY ADVERSARY C(3) CAPABILITIES. IN AN ADP NETWORK CONTEXT, WE CAN DERIVE AN ANALOGOUS APPROACH FOR ATTACKING NETWORKED ADP SYSTEMS. FOR FIVE YEARS, SPARTA HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING THE USE OF C3(CM) AS A WAY TO EVALUATE THE SECURITY OF A COMPUTER NETWORK. IN THIS STUDY, WE PROPOSE TO LOOK AT THIS PROBLEM IN THE REVERSE DIRECTION: TO APPLY COMPUTER SECURITY ATTACK METHODS AS A C3(CM) TECHNIQUE DIRECTED AGAINST COMMAND & CONTROL NETWORKS. RECENT EVENTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE DESTRUTIVE IMPACT THAT COMPUTER VIRUSES AND OTHER FORMS OF MALICIOUS CODE CAN HAVE ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THE QUESTION ARISES AS TO WHETHER COMPUTER VIRUS BASED TECHNIQUES CAN BE USED AS A MEANS FOR ATTACKING A C(2) NETWORK. IN THIS PROPOSED STUDY, SPARTA, INC. WILL EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF USING COMPUTER VIRUSES AS AN EFFECTIVE ECM TECHNIQUE.