Information Security Governance Analysis Using Probabilistic Relational Models

Waldo Rocha Flores, Mathias Ekstedt

2011

Abstract

This paper proposes the use of Probabilistic Relational Models (PRM) for analyzing dependencies between Information Security Governance (ISG) components and its impact on process capability of mitigating information security vulnerabilities. Using the PRM enables inference between different ISG components expressed in probabilities, and also inference on the process capability. A concrete PRM which exemplifies how to assess the capability of the access control process is further presented, and thus showing how the PRM can be adapted to fit the analysis of a specific process in an organizational environment.

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Rocha Flores W. and Ekstedt M. (2011). Information Security Governance Analysis Using Probabilistic Relational Models . In Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-61-4, pages 142-150. DOI: 10.5220/0003588001420150


in Bibtex Style

@conference{wosis11,
author={Waldo Rocha Flores and Mathias Ekstedt},
title={Information Security Governance Analysis Using Probabilistic Relational Models},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={142-150},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003588001420150},
isbn={978-989-8425-61-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Security in Information Systems - Volume 1: WOSIS, (ICEIS 2011)
TI - Information Security Governance Analysis Using Probabilistic Relational Models
SN - 978-989-8425-61-4
AU - Rocha Flores W.
AU - Ekstedt M.
PY - 2011
SP - 142
EP - 150
DO - 10.5220/0003588001420150