Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales

Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales
Establishment 2011
Sponsor DARPA
Value $35 million
Goal Detect insider threats in defense and government networks
Website www.darpa.mil

Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales, or ADAMS, is a $35 million DARPA project designed to identify patterns and anomalies in very large data sets. It is under DARPA's Information Innovation office and began in 2011.[1][2][3][4]

The project is intended to detect and prevent insider threats such as "a soldier in good mental health becoming homicidal or suicidal", an "innocent insider becoming malicious", or a "a government employee [whom] abuses access privileges to share classified information".[2][5] Specific cases mentioned are Nidal Malik Hasan and Wikileaks alleged source Bradley Manning.[6] Commercial applications may include finance.[6] The intended recipients of the system output are operators in the counterintelligence agencies.[2][5]

The Proactive Discovery of Insider Threats Using Graph Analysis and Learning is part of the ADAMS project.[5][7] The Georgia Tech team includes noted high-performance computing researcher David A. Bader.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "ADAMS". DARPA Information Innovation Office. http://www.darpa.mil/Our_Work/I2O/Programs/Anomaly_Detection_at_Multiple_Scales_(ADAMS).aspx. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
  2. ^ a b c "Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales (ADAMS) Broad Agency Announcement DARPA-BAA-11-04". General Services Administration. 2010-10-22. https://www.fbo.gov/download/2f6/2f6289e99a0c04942bbd89ccf242fb4c/DARPA-BAA-11-04_ADAMS.pdf. Retrieved 2011-12-05. 
  3. ^ Ackerman, Spencer (2010-10-11). "Darpa Starts Sleuthing Out Disloyal Troops". Wired. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/10/darpa-starts-sleuthing-out-disloyal-troops/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  4. ^ Keyes, Charley (2010-10-27). "Military wants to scan communications to find internal threats". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-10-27/us/pentagon.e.mail.profiling_1_nidal-hasan-darpa-fort-hood. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  5. ^ a b c "Georgia Tech Helps to Develop System That Will Detect Insider Threats from Massive Data Sets". Georgia Institute of Technology. 2011-11-10. http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=72599. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  6. ^ a b "Video Interview: DARPA’s ADAMS Project Taps Big Data to Find the Breaking Bad". Inside HPC. 2011-11-29. http://insidehpc.com/2011/11/29/video-interview-darpas-adams-project-taps-big-data-to-find-the-breaking-bad/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  7. ^ Brandon, John (2011-12-03). "Could the U.S. Government Start Reading Your Emails?". Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/03/could-us-government-start-reading-your-emails/. Retrieved 2011-12-06. 
  8. ^ "Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales". Georgia Tech College of Computing. http://www.cse.gatech.edu/taxonomy/term/153/all. Retrieved 2011-12-06.