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Abstract: Mimic active defense technology effectively disrupts attack routes and reduces the probability of successful attacks by using a dynamic heterogeneous redundancy (DHR) architecture. However, current approaches often overlook the adaptability of the adjudication mechanism in complex and variable network environments, focusing primarily on system security while neglecting performance considerations. To address these limitations, we propose an output difference feedback and system benefit control based DHR architecture. This architecture introduces an adjudication mechanism based on output difference feedback, which enhances adaptability by considering the impact of each executor’s output deviation on the global decision. Additionally, the architecture incorporates a scheduling strategy based on system benefit, which models the quality of service and switching overhead as a bi-objective optimization problem, balancing security with reduced computational costs and system overhead. Simulation results demonstrate that our architecture improves adaptability towards different network environments and effectively reduces both the attack success rate and average failure rate.

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