DocumentCode
1072123
Title
Security Is a Subset of Reliability
Author
Geer, Daniel E., Jr. ; Conway, Daniel G.
Author_Institution
In-Q-Tel, Arlington, VA
Volume
6
Issue
6
fYear
2008
Firstpage
86
Lastpage
87
Abstract
Reliability measures the deviation between the system and the specification. Security involves a subspace of reliability-only particular deviations-thus, security must be easier than reliability. Hastening over the delicate premise that the specification is always accurate and up-to-date, we can roughly align security with the subset of reliability where the cost of deviation per unit time is very high. This makes us wonder about measuring how risk tolerance scales and consequently where to point our our thumbs.
Keywords
formal specification; risk management; security of data; software reliability; reliability measurement; risk tolerance scales; security; specification; Availability; Costs; Delay; Educational institutions; Manufacturing; Pediatrics; Protection; Redundancy; Security; Thumb; Dan Conway; Dan Geer; For Good Measure; Security; economics of security; metrics; reliability;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Security & Privacy, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7993
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2008.151
Filename
4753681
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