Practical Intrusion Analysis: Prevention and Detection for the Twenty-First Century

10. Geospatial Intrusion Detection

Geospatial intrusion detection (GID) is a cross-pollination of network security and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The resultant composite enhances situational awareness in ways that existing solutions do not. This is because GIS applications and services are not new, a fact that is evident in global marketplaces. A notable exception is the network security field, which has been riding the coattails of more financially motivated sectors, including credit-card fraud, online target marketing, and digital rights management. But, network security initiatives have not been a major factor in the drive to associate IP addresses with geographic locations, which is a process called geocoding. As is the case with ...