The research projects of the Defensive Mechanisms Virtual Institute advance resiliency by investigating the foundations needed to detect, respond and mitigate cyber attacks. This requires theory, models and tools at each stage of the cyber attack timeline. In addition, this field includes the necessary research to balance performance and security in responding to threats.  

PROJECTS 

• Neurosymbolic Autonomous Agents for Cyber-Defense 
  Xenofon Koutsoukos, Gabor Karsai, and Sandeep Neema (Vanderbilt University) 
   
• Resilient Systems through Adaptive Architecture
  David Garlan (Carnegie Mellon University)
   
• Towards Trustworthy Autonomous Cyber Defense for Dynamic Intrusion Response
   Ehab Al-Shaer (Carnegie Mellon University)
   
• Vulnerabilities in the Social Attack Surface 
  John Symons (The University of Kansas)