@misc{JVDOR16,
  author =     { Ari Juels and Marten Erik van Dijk and Alina M. Oprea and Ronald L. Rivest },
  title =      { Scheduling Of Defensive Security Actions In Information Processing Systems },
  howpublished = { U.S. Patent 9,471,777.  Issued October 18, 2016. },
  date =       { 2016-10-18 },
  OPTmonth =   { October 18, },
  OPTyear =    { 2016 },
  abstract =   { A processing device is configured to identify a
                  plurality of defensive security actions to be taken
                  to address a persistent security threat to a system
                  comprising information technology infrastructure,
                  and to determine a schedule for performance of the
                  defensive security actions based at least in part on
                  a selected distribution derived from a
                  game-theoretic model, such as a delayed exponential
                  distribution or other type of modified exponential
                  distribution. The system subject to the persistent
                  security threat is configured to perform the
                  defensive security actions in accordance with the
                  schedule in order to deter the persistent security
                  threat. The distribution may be selected so as to
                  optimize defender benefit in the context of the
                  game-theoretic model, where the game-theoretic model
                  may comprise a stealthy takeover game in which
                  attacker and defender entities can take actions at
                  any time but cannot determine current game state
                  without taking an action.  }
}