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Design Time Reliability Predictions for Supporting Runtime Security Measuring and Adaptation

Authors:
Antti Evesti
Eila Ovaska

Keywords: information security; quality; evaluation; metric; architecture

Abstract:
The reliability of a quality-critical software component affects the security level that is achieved. There is currently no runtime security management approach that uses design time information. This paper presents an approach to exploiting design time reliability predictions in runtime security management. The Reliability and Availability Prediction (RAP) method is used to predict reliability at software design time. The predicted reliability values are stored in ontology form to support runtime use. The use case example illustrates the presented approach. The presented approach makes it possible to use design time reliability predictions at runtime for security measuring and adaptation. Hence, the reliability of security mechanisms is taken into account when security adaptation is triggered.

Pages: 94 to 99

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: November 20, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2326-9383

ISBN: 978-1-61208-174-8

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 20, 2011 to November 25, 2011