Cyber Simulator Showcase Presentation Materials
These presentations and videos were given at the Cyber Simulator Showcase on June 3, 2019, and they provide information about SEI tools for creating realistic cyber simulations.
Abstract
These presentations and videos were given at the Cyber Simulator Showcase, an event hosted by the SEI at its office in Arlington, Virginia on June 3, 2019. The Showcase offered discussions and live demonstrations of six open source tools and two simulations developed by the SEI to create more realistic computer environments for cybersecurity activities and training. These presentations and videos give an overview of what participants can learn from those discussions and demonstrations, including how to enhance their cyber-emulation environments, how to provide the best training possible by simulating their own networks, and how to get help from the SEI to use these tools. The presentations cover what the SEI’s tools can provide to improve the realism of cyber events and training, including all of the following:
- a simulated Internet
- web servers, chat servers, mail servers, and everything that creates Internet traffic
- realistic user traffic
- wireless networking that doesn’t appear in wired networks
- practice environments without administrative traffic
- simple and repeatable network building and deployment that can users can save and call up on demand
- simulations of real-world networks, including financial services and SCADA environments
Collection Contents
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Cyber Simulator Showcase Opening Remarks Presentation
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Christopher May
This presentation contains the opening remarks and agenda for the Cyber Simulator Showcase that was held on June 3, 2019 at the Software Engineering Institute office in Arlington, Virginia.
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TopGen and GreyBox: Internet Simulation Tools
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Gabriel Somlo
This presentation provides an overview of GreyBox and TopGen, which are two tools that the SEI developed for emulating a realistic Internet in closed cyber environments.
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GHOSTS in the Machine: Orchestrating a Realistic Cybersecurity Exercise Battlefield
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Dustin D. Updyke
This presentation provides details about a software tool called GHOSTS that the SEI developed to improve the realism of training environments by creating simulated characters through the use of sophisticated artificial intelligence.
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vTunnel and WELLE-D
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Adam Welle
This presentation provides an overview of the following two software tools developed by the SEI: WELLE-D, which creates realistic wireless simulations, and vTunnel, which hides administrative and background traffic in cyber simulations.
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TopoMojo: Simple Lab Builder and Player
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Jeff Mattson
This presentation describes a tool developed by the SEI called TopoMojo, which gives lab developers an easy way to quickly create, get feedback on, and deploy cyber-training simulations.
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The Future of Cyber Simulation
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Thomas A. Longstaff
This presentation was given by Tom Longstaff as the keynote at the Cyber Simulator Showcase on June 3, 2019, and it discusses the uses and limitations of machine learning for improving cyber simulations.
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SCADASim and FinSim: Industrial Control System and Banking Simulators
June 3, 2019 • Presentation
By Dennis M. Allen
This presentation discusses two simulations created by the SEI, FinSim and SCADASim, to meet the unique training needs of the cybersecurity professionals that must secure the United States' critical infrastructure sectors.
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SCADASim Intro
June 3, 2019 • Video
By Dennis M. Allen
This video features an overview of SCADASim, a simulation the SEI has deployed in a dozen hands-on training events to represent military flight line controls, critical infrastructure sectors, and building automation systems.
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FinSim Intro
June 3, 2019 • Video
By Dennis M. Allen
This video provides information about the SEI's financial simulator, FinSim, which provides a way for cybersecurity professionals to train in an environment that emulates the credit card transaction systems used in production today.
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