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The challenges of CSA discussed in previous chapters call for ways to provide assistance to analysts and decision-makers. In many fields, analyses of complex systems and activities benefit from visualization of data and analytical products. Analysts use images in order to engage their visual perception in identifying features in the data, and to apply the analysts’ domain knowledge. One would expect the same to be true in the practice of cyber analysts as they try to form situational awareness of complex networks. Earlier, the Cognition and Technology chapter introduced the topic of visualization: its criticality to the users, e.g., cyber analysts, as well as its pitfalls and limitations. Now, this chapter takes a close look at visualization for Cyber Situational Awareness. We begin with a basic overview of scientific and information visualization, and of recent visualization systems for cyber situation awareness. Then, we outline a set of requirements, derived largely from discussions with expert cyber analysts, for a candidate visualization system.
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Healey, C.G., Hao, L., Hutchinson, S.E. (2014). Visualizations and Analysts. In: Kott, A., Wang, C., Erbacher, R. (eds) Cyber Defense and Situational Awareness. Advances in Information Security, vol 62. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11391-3_8
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