Visual Analytics for Information Security: Areas of Application, Tasks, Visualization Models

Abstract

The purpose of the article: to identify and systematize the areas and problems of information security that are solved using visual analytics methods, as well as analysis of the applied data visualization models and their properties that affect the perception of data by the operator. Research method: a systematic analysis of the application of visual analytics methods for solving information security problems. Analysis of relevant papers in the field of information security and data visualization. The objects of research are: theoretical and practical solutions to information security problems through visual analysis. Visual analytics in the article is considered from several sides: from the point of view of the areas of application of visual analysis methods in information security, from the point of view of the tasks solved by the security analyst, from the point of view of the visualization models used and the data structures used, as well as from the point of view of the properties of data visualization models. The result: classification of visualization models is proposed, which differs from analogs in that it is based on the analysis of areas and tasks of information security and comparison of visualization models to them. The scope of the proposed approach is the creation of visualization models that can be used to increase the efficiency of operator interaction with information security applications. The proposed article will be useful both for specialists who develop information security systems and for students studying in the direction of training “Information Security”.