This pilot study was performed to examine the effects of presenting user activity-based data alongside standard network traffic data on network administrators' firewall configuration behavior, specifically that provided by the PEACE firewall system. Utilizing a web application to simulate interaction with a firewall, behavior was compared between traffic flows containing PEACE or only non-PEACE data. Our results were suggestive of a correlation between PEACE data and increased confidence in decision making, as well as a trend towards marking previously difficult to categorize flows as legitimate and nonmalicious. Further studies with larger sample sizes are necessary to adequately establish causation.

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Creator

• Prindle, Michael Finbar

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-032219-145645

Advisor

• Harrison, Lane T.
• Shue, Craig A.

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-03-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Computer Science

Rights statement

• In Copyright