Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Steven R Gomez

Richard W Skowyra

A computer-implemented method for quantitatively assessing a defense technique. The method includes executing a reasoning engine that receives as an input to the reasoning engine a query that includes an indicia of a defense technique to a computer security threat. The method further includes translating the defense technique into a propositional logic constraint on a queryable representation of a Boolean formula representing a model complied from a set of computer security threats and a set of defense techniques. The method also includes performing an assessment of the defense technique based on the propositional logic constraint on the queryable representation, to quantify the defense technique relative to a member of the set of computer security threats. The method further includes displaying a result of the assessment to indicate a level of security provided by the defense technique to the member.

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Steven R Gomez