AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR FORMULA MODELLING IN SECURITY METRICS

Felipe Marques Pires, Leonardo de Sousa Mendes, Rodrigo Sanches Miani

2009

Abstract

This paper proposes an alternative approach to modelling the formula attribute within the context of security metrics. This approach seeks to correct past errors by treating a security metric like a set, and inserting a component that addresses the set intersection between the security elements. The work consists in to define the model, explain the differences to the previous model and validate it, with examples from the metrics found in literature and also with the results of a case study applied in Metropolitan Broadband Access Network in Pedreira, a city located in the state of So Paulo, Brazil.

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Marques Pires F., de Sousa Mendes L. and Sanches Miani R. (2009). AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR FORMULA MODELLING IN SECURITY METRICS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-005-4, pages 381-386. DOI: 10.5220/0002227303810386


in Bibtex Style

@conference{secrypt09,
author={Felipe Marques Pires and Leonardo de Sousa Mendes and Rodrigo Sanches Miani},
title={AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR FORMULA MODELLING IN SECURITY METRICS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={381-386},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002227303810386},
isbn={978-989-674-005-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Cryptography - Volume 1: SECRYPT, (ICETE 2009)
TI - AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH FOR FORMULA MODELLING IN SECURITY METRICS
SN - 978-989-674-005-4
AU - Marques Pires F.
AU - de Sousa Mendes L.
AU - Sanches Miani R.
PY - 2009
SP - 381
EP - 386
DO - 10.5220/0002227303810386