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The Path To Autonomous Cyber Defense

arXiv 2404.10788 ↗First posted 12 Apr 2024cs.CR cs.AIcited by 3

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Abstract (arXiv)

Defenders are overwhelmed by the number and scale of attacks against their networks.This problem will only be exacerbated as attackers leverage artificial intelligence to automate their workflows. We propose a path to autonomous cyber agents able to augment defenders by automating critical steps in the cyber defense life cycle.

Key facts. Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Builds on 8 of its 24 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 12 Apr 2024.

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References · 8

  1. 2013Playing Atari with Deep Reinforcement Learningcited by 3,274
  2. 2021CybORG: A Gym for the Development of Autonomous Cyber Agentscited by 60
  3. 2020Finding Effective Security Strategies through Reinforcement Learning and Self-Playcited by 32
  4. 2021Network Environment Design for Autonomous Cyberdefensecited by 32
  5. 2020Generalization to New Actions in Reinforcement Learningcited by 25
  6. 2023Automated Cyber Defence: A Reviewcited by 21
  7. 2023NASimEmu: Network Attack Simulator & Emulator for Training Agents Generalizing to Novel Scenarioscited by 20
  8. 2021Incorporating Deception into CyberBattleSim for Autonomous Defensecited by 5

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Citing papers per year: 2025: 2; 2026: 1.

3 papers.

  1. 2025Towards Production-Worthy Simulation for Autonomous Cyber Operationscited by 2
  2. 2025FATHOMS-RAG: A Framework for the Assessment of Thinking and Observation in Multimodal Systems that use Retrieval Augmented Generationcited by 0
  3. 2026SysEvolve: An AI-native, safe, autonomous adversarial attack-defense co-evolutionary systemcited by 0