System of systems engineering: an emerging multidiscipline
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Andres Sousa-Poza, Samuel Kovacic, Charles Keating | In this paper, we present System of Systems Engineering (SOSE) as a developing multidiscipline, spanning across and drawing from a variety of disciplines to address complex situations; situations are characterised by ambiguity, high uncerta... | 1 - 17 |
Littoral undersea warfare: a case study in process modelling for functionality and interoperability of complex systems
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Victor |Dirk| Bindi, John Strunk, Jeffery Baker, Roger Bacon, Matthew G. Boensel, Francis E. Shoup III, Ravi Vaidyanathan | The goal of this investigation is to demonstrate the application of a process modelling approach to architect a System of Systems (SoS) capable of conducting Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations projecting to the year 2025. Process model... | 18 - 58 |
Abstraction-based analysis of known and unknown vulnerabilities of critical information infrastructures
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Roland Rieke | The systematic protection of critical information infrastructures requires an analytical process to identify the critical components and their interplay, to determine the threats and vulnerabilities, to assess the risks and to prioritise co... | 59 - 77 |
The CRUTIAL reference critical information infrastructure architecture: a blueprint
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Paulo Verissimo, Nuno Ferreira Neves, Miguel Correia | Critical infrastructures have evolved over the past decades to become largely computerised and interconnected all over the world. This generated the problem of achieving resilience of Critical Information Infrastructures (CII) against compu... | 78 - 95 |
Enforcing trust in pervasive computing
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Shiqun Li, Shane Balfe, Jianying Zhou, Kefei Chen | Pervasive computing, as a concept, holds the promise of simplifying daily life by integrating mobile devices and digital infrastructures into our physical world. Computers would invisibly integrate themselves into background environments, p... | 96 - 110 |
Conceptualising social engineering attacks through system archetypes
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Jose M. Sarriegi, Jose J. Gonzalez | At the highest abstraction level, an attempt by a social engineer to exploit a victim organisation either attempts to achieve some specific target (denial of service, steal an asset, tap some particular information) or it wishes to maximise... | 111 - 127 |
Trust establishment in sensor networks: behaviour-based, certificate-based and a combinational approach
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Efthimia Aivaloglou, Stefanos Gritzalis, Charalabos Skianis | Sensor networks highly depend on the distributed cooperation among network nodes. Trust establishment frameworks provide the means for representing, evaluating, maintaining and distributing trust within the network, and serve as the basis f... | 128 - 148 |
Early warning system for home users and small- and medium-sized enterprises: eight lessons learned
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Urs E. Gattiker | This paper outlines how early alert systems can help home users and Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in improving their security hygiene (culture of security). The viability of our framework and concepts are evaluated using www.CA... | 149 - 170 |
A research agenda for systems of systems architecting
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Ricardo Valerdi, Elliot Axelband, Thomas Baehren, Barry Boehm, Dave Dorenbos, Scott Jackson, Azad Madni, Gerald Nadler, Paul Robitaille, Stan Settles | This paper, documents the activity of a workshop on defining a research agenda for Systems of Systems SoS; Architecting, which was held at USC in October 2006. After two days of invited talks on critical success factors for SoS engineering,... | 171 - 188 |
Mining intelligence data in the benefit of critical infrastructures security: vulnerability modelling, simulation and assessment, system of systems engineering
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Adrian V. Gheorghe, Dan Vamanu | Within the approach of this paper, we shall use the appropriate concept of quantitative vulnerability assessment, and see the world as a System of Systems (SOS) in relation to the protection of critical infrastructures at national level. In... | 189 - 221 |
Models for risk management of systems of systems
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Yacov Y. Haimes | This paper addresses the need for developing a body of prescriptive theory and methodology for modelling Systems of Systems (SoS). This will enable analysts to appropriately model and understand the SoS evolving behaviour due to the continu... | 222 - 236 |
Risk management of an information infrastructure: a framework based upon security dependencies
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | F. Baiardi, C. Telmon | A mathematical framework for the risk management of information infrastructures is presented. The framework describes the infrastructure at distinct abstraction layers by integrating four abstract models that describe, respectively, the rel... | 237 - 256 |
R&D activities in Europe on critical information infrastructure protection
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Sandro Bologna, Eric Luiijf, Roberto Setola | In the last few years, there has been an increasing worry about Critical Information Infrastructures, their reliability, security and protection. Due to the huge complexity and novelty of the topic and the new challenge that it poses, world... | 257 - 270 |
Network-centric military system architecture assessment methodology
DOI: 10.1504/IJSSE.2008.018129 | Osman Balci, William F. Ormsby | Recent paradigm shift from considering software as a product to treating software as a service has produced capabilities for engineering complex Network-Centric Military Systems (NCMSs). As the industry works on building a cyber-infrastruct... | 271 - 292 |
