Austin Whisnant
Software Engineering Institute
Austin Whisnant is a Member of the Technical Staff with the CERT Program at the Software Engineering Institute, a unit of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). Her research interests include large-scale network traffic analysis, risk analysis, modeling and simulation, and national cybersecurity policy. Whisnant is also currently a PhD student in the Engineering and Public Policy program at CMU’s College of Engineering, and a lecturer at both the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and CMU’s Institute for Politics and Strategy. She holds a Master of Science in Telecommunications with a focus on Information Assurance from the University of Pittsburgh and a Bachelor of Science from Furman University in Computer Science and Mathematics.
Publications by Austin Whisnant
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Using Network Flow Data to Profile Your Network and Reduce Vulnerabilities
October 23, 2012 • Podcast
Austin WhisnantSid FaberJulia H. Allen
In this podcast, participants discuss how a network profile can help identify unintended points of entry, misconfigurations, and other weaknesses.
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Network Profiling Using Flow
August 01, 2012 • Technical Report
Austin WhisnantSid Faber
In this report, the authors provide a step-by-step guide for profiling and discovering public-facing assets on a network using netflow data.
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Network Profiling with SiLK
January 09, 2012 • Presentation
George JonesAustin Whisnant
This presentation describes how to use SiLK to create an inventory of assets on a network and their characteristics and associated purposes.
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