Title :
Secure system composition: five practical initiatives
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Corp., Hanover, MD, USA
Abstract :
Standards profiles, goal security architectures, core products, the Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative (MISSI), and security profiles are important ongoing INFOSEC initiatives. This paper considers them as varying practical attempts to solve the problem of secure system composition (i.e., of how to produce a secure system from secure components). The strategy used by each to solve this problem is first characterized. The ability of each to solve the problem is then assessed. The paper concludes that, by virtue of their focus on component interfaces, all five contribute to the solution of the composition problem (to a limited degree now, to a greater degree in the future)
Keywords :
information systems; research initiatives; security of data; standards; INFOSEC initiative; MISSI; Multilevel Information Systems Security Initiative; component interfaces; core products; goal security architectures; secure system composition; security profiles; standards profiles; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer security; History; Information management; Information security; Information systems; Management information systems; NIST; National security;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Applications Conference, 1994. Proceedings., 10th Annual
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6795-8
DOI :
10.1109/CSAC.1994.367320
