Predict Malware Diffusion in Networks


Challenge
Mobile viruses are emerging as a new class of threats. Is it possible to predict how fast a virus is going to spread, and can one design reliable, cost-effective countermeasures?

Approach
Icosystem built an agent-based model of subscriber behavior and interactions and of virus behavior and propagation.

Outcome
Accurate quantitative prediction based on limited data and virus definition.
Designed effective interventions to slow virus propagation drastically.

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Testimonials

"Icosystem's model was able to predict the future evolution of the infection with enough accuracy to give us confidence that we could use it to investigate intervention strategies."
--Paul Waldron, Director of Fraud Operations, France Telecom

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