Economic security in cyberspace: simulation of the coalition attacks on the information space of an economic system

In modern society, information assets are a major resource and provide companies with added value. The complexity and size accept damage caused by malicious attacks on the Internet that are increasing every year. To research the problems of the economic security, corporate and virtual networks protection the author suggests using the coalition attack model built on the basis of branching processes with immigration. The model identifies the most likely routes that intruders may use as well as recommends how to protect vulnerabilities.