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Online Incident Response Planning under Model Misspecification through Bayesian Learning and Belief Quantization
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Network and Systems Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1773-8354
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
2025 (English)In: Proceedings of the 18th ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security, AISec 2025, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025, p. 40-51Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Effective responses to cyberattacks require fast decisions, even when information about the attack is incomplete or inaccurate. However, most decision-support frameworks for incident response rely on a detailed system model that describes the incident, which restricts their practical utility. In this paper, we address this limitation and present an online method for incident response planning under model misspecification, which we call mobal: Misspecified Online Bayesian Learning. mobal iteratively refines a conjecture about the model through Bayesian learning as new information becomes available, which facilitates model adaptation as the incident unfolds. To determine effective responses online, we quantize the conjectured model into a finite Markov model, which enables efficient response planning through dynamic programming. We prove that Bayesian learning is asymptotically consistent with respect to the information feedback. Additionally, we establish bounds on misspecification and quantization errors. Experiments on the cage-2 benchmark show that mobal outperforms the state of the art in terms of adaptability and robustness to model misspecification.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) , 2025. p. 40-51
Keywords [en]
Bayesian learning, Cybersecurity, incident response, misspecification, network security., POMDP, reinforcement learning
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Probability Theory and Statistics Computer Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-375955DOI: 10.1145/3733799.3762965Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105027195480OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-375955DiVA, id: diva2:2033389
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18th ACM Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Security, AISec 2025, Taipei, Taiwan, Oct 13 2025 - Oct 17 2025
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Part of ISBN 9798400718953

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Available from: 2026-01-29 Created: 2026-01-29 Last updated: 2026-01-29Bibliographically approved

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