Privacy and computer security problems are the two major
hindrances affecting the use of information technology since the early
nineties. The use of the Internet for delivering services by organizations not
alone fuel the issue but make it difficult to control. Hackers are always
two steps ahead of conventional security solutions. Web applications are increasingly
prone to attack because of known vulnerabilities and zero day attacks.
As a doctorate candidate, my work is researching the use of
Big Data security analytic (BDSA) tools to detect LDAP misuse in a distributed
environment. The misuse of LDAP is ultimately responsible for most LDAP injection
attacks in LDAP-enabled web applications. By detecting LDAP misuse, Big Data
Analytic tool will be able to stop injection attack in real or near-real time.
Other security solutions out there are too slow to detect and stop injection
attacks because of the latency and lack of event correlations among other
reasons. Check back as information on the research will be made available timely.
