MAD: A visual analytics solution for Multi-step cyber Attacks Detection
Software vulnerabilities represent one of the main weaknesses of an Information Technology (IT) system w.r.t. cyber attacks and nowadays consolidated official data, like the Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) dictionary, provide precise and reliable details about them. This information, together with the identification of priority systems to defend allows for inspecting the network structure and the most probable paths an attacker is likely to follow to reach sensible resources, with the main goal of identify suitable mitigation actions that reduce the risk of an attack.