Title :
Towards a mobile security & privacy simulator
Author :
Henne, Benjamin ; Szongott, Christian ; Smith, Matthew
Author_Institution :
Distrib. Comput. & Security Group, Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
The proliferation and capabilities of mobile, networked devices is increasing rapidly and with this trend new threats to security and privacy are emerging at an alarming rate. The new threats are difficult to study and prepare for, since field studies are costly, limited in scope and have significant security and privacy issues of their own. In this paper, we present a Mobile Security & Privacy Simulator, which enables the simulation of mobile entities and their environment to study security and privacy related issues. Entities act and interact with one another, influenced by personal and world context. Simulation can be used to evaluate privacy threats and countermeasures by numerical analysis and by visualization to better grasp the implications of new devices, services and the threats against them. We also present a brief study on the effects of mono-culture in mobile operating systems when faced with the epidemic spread of mobile malware, which shows how future mobile networks can reach total infection within a short time.
Keywords :
data privacy; invasive software; mobile computing; operating systems (computers); mobile entities; mobile malware; mobile operating systems; mobile security; networked devices; privacy simulator; Context; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Mobile handsets; Privacy; Roads; Security; mobile; privacy; security; simulation;
Conference_Titel :
Open Systems (ICOS), 2011 IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Langkawi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-931-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICOS.2011.6079294