RISK ANALYSIS AND DEPLOYMENT SECURITY ISSUES IN A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM

Ambra Molesini, Marco Prandini, Elena Nardini, Enrico Denti

2010

Abstract

Multi-agent systems (MASs) are a powerful paradigm enabling effective software engineering techniques: yet, it easily lets the designer be oblivious of the emergent security problems. This can be a critical issue, especially when MASs are exploited as an infrastructure to provide secure services. This paper performs a security analysis of such a scenario, identifying threats and assessing risks that could interfere with the achievement of the application goal – e.g. access control – as a consequence of its MAS-based implementation.

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Molesini A., Prandini M., Nardini E. and Denti E. (2010). RISK ANALYSIS AND DEPLOYMENT SECURITY ISSUES IN A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-674-022-1, pages 143-148. DOI: 10.5220/0002704201430148


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@conference{icaart10,
author={Ambra Molesini and Marco Prandini and Elena Nardini and Enrico Denti},
title={RISK ANALYSIS AND DEPLOYMENT SECURITY ISSUES IN A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2010},
pages={143-148},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002704201430148},
isbn={978-989-674-022-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - RISK ANALYSIS AND DEPLOYMENT SECURITY ISSUES IN A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM
SN - 978-989-674-022-1
AU - Molesini A.
AU - Prandini M.
AU - Nardini E.
AU - Denti E.
PY - 2010
SP - 143
EP - 148
DO - 10.5220/0002704201430148