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48 results for IT security

We say that a pair of points x and y is secure if there exist a finite set of blocking points such that any geodesic between x and y passes through one of the blocking points. The main point of this paper is to exhibit new examples of blocking phenomena both in the manifold and the billiard table setting. As an approac…

2007-07-03abs ↗pdf ↗

A riemannian manifold is secure if the geodesics between any pair of points in the manifold can be blocked by a finite number of point obstacles. Compact, flat manifolds are secure. A standing conjecture says that these are the only secure, compact riemannian manifolds. The conjecture claims, in particular, that a riem…

2008-06-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Sparse oblique decision tree improves security rules for renewable power systems.

problem Identifying secure operating conditions in power systems with high renewable energy.
method Sparse weighted oblique decision tree to learn and embed linear security rules.
result The method significantly increases secure states and reduces solution time.

We develop a secure aggregation protocol for federated learning that reduces communication and computation costs.

problem Expensive communication and privacy concerns in federated learning.
method Adapting compression-based federated techniques to additive secret sharing.
result Our protocol achieves high accuracy with low communication costs and is more efficient than prior work.

Securely trains regression models with secret sharing for data collaboration.

problem Balancing data collaboration for technological improvements with security concerns.
method Secret sharing scheme for scalable and efficient secure multiparty training.
result Scalable and efficient protocols for training linear and logistic regression models.

Optimizes a portfolio for an investor preferring accepted securities over a reference security.

problem Investor preference for a set of securities over a reference security with constraints.
method Mean-variance optimization with Sharpe Ratio performance measurement.
result Derives an optimal portfolio that maximizes returns while minimizing risk.

In this paper are presented methods of impact analysis on informatics system security accidents, qualitative and quantitative methods, starting with risk and informational system security definitions. It is presented the relationship between the risks of exploiting vulnerabilities of security system, security level of …

2013-03-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep learning is increasingly used as a building block of security systems. Unfortunately, neural networks are hard to interpret and typically opaque to the practitioner. The machine learning community has started to address this problem by developing methods for explaining the predictions of neural networks. While sev…

2019-06-05abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper analyzes security issues in blockchain ecosystems with multiple SSPs and proposes two models for better stake management.

problem Security issues in blockchain ecosystems with multiple SSPs and stake fragmentation.
method Formalized the Multiple SSP Problem and analyzed two architectures: Model M\mathbb{M} and Model S\mathbb{S} through convex optimization and game-theoretic lens.
result Model S\mathbb{S} achieves tighter security guarantees through single validator sets and aggregated slashing logic.

Market-based portfolio variance measures risks using trade data.

problem Measuring portfolio risks using traditional methods ignores trade volume randomness.
method Uses time series of trades with securities and portfolio to assess variance.
result Portfolio variance can be decomposed into securities' contributions, accounting for trade volume randomness.

Unified market-based description of returns and variances of trades.

problem Market-based variance of trades and market portfolio.
method Unified market-based approach to describe returns and variances of trades and market portfolio.
result Market-based variance accounts for random volumes of trades and differs from Markowitz's portfolio variance.

secml is a Python library for secure and explainable machine learning.

problem Evaluate and understand security and explainability of machine learning models.
method Implement attacks and explainability methods for various algorithms.
result Demonstrates how quickly models fail under adversarial perturbations and visualizes influential features.

Markowitz simplified portfolio returns assuming constant trade volumes.

problem Understanding portfolio returns and variance in markets with variable trade volumes.
method Investor observes market trades, models portfolio as single security, derives portfolio return and variance.
result Markowitz's equation for portfolio returns and variance is a simplified approximation of real markets with constant trade volumes.

Paper revisits PCA for anomaly detection in network security.

problem Understanding and improving anomaly detection in network security.
method Revisit probabilistic PCA model and its connection to MSNM framework.
result Mathematical model connects PCA to MSNM for anomaly detection.

Secure neural network inference on untrusted platforms using holographic reduced representations.

problem Secure neural network inference on untrusted platforms.
method Connectionist Symbolic Pseudo Secrets using Holographic Reduced Representations (HRR).
result Empirical robustness to attack under various threat models.

FastSecAgg improves federated learning security and efficiency.

problem Privacy leakage in federated learning due to model parameter sharing.
method Introduces FastSecAgg, a secure aggregation protocol with FFT-based multi-secret sharing (FastShare).
result Efficient in computation and communication, robust to client dropouts.

SLIP secures LLMs on edge devices by splitting computation and protecting sensitive parts.

problem Protecting LLMs on edge devices from theft and unauthorized use.
method SLIP uses matrix decomposition to split model computation between secure and vulnerable resources, ensuring zero accuracy degradation and minimal latency.
result SLIP is the first practical, secure hybrid protocol for protecting LLMs on edge devices.

We create a formal framework for the design of informative securities in prediction markets. These securities allow a market organizer to infer the likelihood of events of interest as well as if he knew all of the traders' private signals. We consider the design of markets that are always informative, markets that are …

2012-10-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Explores security challenges of machine learning in real-world systems.

problem Vulnerabilities in machine learning models deployed in safety-critical systems.
method Broadens systems security view of ML vulnerabilities, identifies novel challenges, proposes mitigation suggestions.
result Highlights novel challenges and proposes mitigation strategies for securing ML systems.

Secure federated learning framework resists adversarial users.

problem Resilience against adversarial (Byzantine) users in federated learning.
method Integrated stochastic quantization, verifiable outlier detection, and secure model aggregation.
result First single-server Byzantine-resilient secure aggregation framework (BREA) for secure federated learning.

This paper discusses adversarial attacks on cyber security systems using machine learning.

problem Adversarial attacks limit the use of machine learning in cyber security.
method Characterizes adversarial attack methods and their applications in cyber security.
result Highlights unique challenges and future research directions for adversarial attacks in cyber security.

We propose a new randomized ensemble technique with a provable security guarantee against black-box transfer attacks. Our proof constructs a new security problem for random binary classifiers which is easier to empirically verify and a reduction from the security of this new model to the security of the ensemble classi…

2019-06-07abs ↗pdf ↗

Contextual bandit framework improves revenue optimization in securities lending market.

problem Optimizing revenue for agent lenders in a dynamic securities lending market.
method Utilized contextual bandit frameworks to address dynamic pricing problems in an e-commerce-like securities lending market.
result Contextual bandit approach consistently outperforms traditional methods by at least 15% in total revenue generated.

Study assesses how much security restaking protocols need to pay for.

problem Determining the optimal security level for restaking protocols using token incentives.
method Expanding a model by Durvasula and Roughgarden to include strategic attackers and node operators, constructing an approximation algorithm for token-based incentives.
result Restaking protocols can be secure with proper incentive management, even against strategic adversaries.

To accommodate heterogeneous tasks in Internet of Things (IoT), a new communication and computing paradigm termed mobile edge computing emerges that extends computing services from the cloud to edge, but at the same time exposes new challenges on security. The present paper studies online security-aware edge computing …

2018-05-09abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper explores how mining costs, rewards, and blockchain security are interconnected.

problem Understanding the interdependencies between mining costs, mining rewards, and blockchain security.
method Theoretical derivation and empirical analysis using daily crypto market data and autoregressive distributed lag approach.
result Cryptocurrency price and mining rewards are intrinsically linked to blockchain security outcomes.

The study calculates securities lending haircuts and indemnification costs.

problem Managing borrower default risk in securities markets.
method Repo haircut model applied to securities lending transactions; quantifies haircuts and indemnification costs.
result Computed borrower-dependent haircuts and indemnification costs for US Treasuries and equities.

Secure XGB for privacy-preserving machine learning in federated learning.

problem Privacy-preserving machine learning in federated learning with practical gradient tree boosting models.
method Secure multi-party computation, distributed model storage, secure permutation protocols.
result Our XGB models provide competitive accuracy and practical performance.