Trust type based trust bootstrapping model of computer network collaborative defense

In the system of Computer Network Collaborative Defense (CNCD), it is difficult to evaluate the trustworthiness of defense agents which are newly added to the system, since they lack historical interaction for trust evaluation. This will lead that the newly added agents could not get reasonable initial trustworthiness, and affect the whole process of trust evaluation. To solve this problem in CNCD, a trust type based trust bootstrapping model was introduced in this research. First, the division of trust type, trust utility and defense cost were discussed. Then the constraints of defense tasks were analyzed based on game theory. According to the constraints obtained, the trust type of defense agents was identified and the initial trustworthiness was assigned to defense agents. The simulated experiment shows that the methods proposed have lower failure rate of defense tasks and better adaptability in the respect of defense task execution.