Microsoft shares simulator to help improve AI defense against cyberattacks
(Windows Phone Central)

Microsoft just released a simulator that helps study attacks on networks. What you need to know Microsoft released CyberBattleSim on GitHub. The simulation is used to study how cyber attacks work their way through a network. CyberBattlesim`s goal is to help AI improve in defending against attacks. Microsoft released an open-source cyberattack simulator called CyberBattleSim on GitHub earlier today. Researchers and security experts can use the simulator to study how cyber attacks work their way through a network. Microsoft`s blog post on the simulator is a technical read aimed mainly at security researchers and experts. The blog post has quite a bit of jargon that you`ll have to parse through, but Microsoft uses a helpful video game analogy to explain the setup. The player of the game is the agent, the commands it takes are the actions, and the ultimate reward is winning the game. The best reinforcement learning algorithms can learn effective strategies through repeated expe...