Network Traffic Analysis for Enhanced Protection in Critical Information Infrastructure

Abstract

Owing to the surfacing of new technologies which can abet easier and faster processing of data, there has been a increasing need for most organization to develop an online system. Most of these systems are developed using php programming language. This paper shows that most of these web-based systems are vulnerable to different types of attacks resulting from the disregard to security appraise during the development of the system. Security of information asset which are painstaking to any organization is one of the most important tasks which need to be safeguard regularly. Critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) had become a lingering area of interest in the modern days of information dissemination, from the inauguration of internet to the modern elevated-profile dispersed denial-of-service assail against critical systems. Critical systems rely deeply on information communication; the interruptions of the information communication can obstruct the operation of critical systems. The western nations have advanced CIIP elucidation in place, but these elucidations are not always suitable for growing countries, where exceptional contest and necessities have to be addressed. Meanwhile, the western worlds are familiarizes with unmatched improvement of their information infrastructures. However, the lack of national CIIP efforts creates a situation for developing nations to become launch pads for cyber-attacks. In this paper, I have proposed a Network Traffic Analyzer that will analyze source codes of web based critical infrastructures and detect vulnerability in the codes for better security from attacks.