Automating the Generation of Cyber Range Virtual Scenarios with VSDL. (arXiv:2001.06681v2 [cs.CR] UPDATED)

A cyber range is an environment used for training security experts and
testing attack and defence tools and procedures. Usually, a cyber range
simulates one or more critical infrastructures that attacking (red) and
defending (blue) teams must compromise and protect, respectively. The
infrastructure can be physically assembled, but much more convenient is to rely
on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) paradigm. Although some modern
technologies support the IaaS, the design and deployment of scenarios of
interest is mostly a …

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