Security Consistency in Information Ecosystems : Structuring the Risk Environment on the Internet
| Document type: | Journal Articles |
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| Article type: | Original article |
| Peer reviewed: | Yes |
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| Author(s): | Bengt Carlsson, Andreas Jacobsson |
| Title: | Security Consistency in Information Ecosystems : Structuring the Risk Environment on the Internet |
| Journal: | Journal of Information System Security |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Volume: | 2 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pagination: | 3-26 |
| ISSN: | 1551-0123 |
| Publisher: | The information institute |
| Organization: | Blekinge Institute of Technology |
| Department: | School of Engineering - Dept. of Systems and Software Engineering (Sektionen för teknik – avd. för programvarusystem) School of Engineering S- 372 25 Ronneby +46 455 38 50 00 http://www.tek.bth.se/ |
| Authors e-mail: | bca@bth.se, aja@bth.se |
| Language: | English |
| Abstract: | The concepts of information ecosystems and multi agent systems are used to describe a security consistency model where, as a background, humans are presumed to act as Machiavellian beings, i.e. behaving selfishly. Based on this notion, we analyze behaviors initiated by network contaminants derived from the groupings marketing, espionage and malice, and their effects to an entire ecosystem. The contribution of this paper is a security consistency model, which illustrates a comprehensive and systemic view of the evolutionary risk environment in information networks. |
| Subject: | Computer Science\Electronic security |
| Keywords: | Information ecosystem, multi agent systems, security consistency model, Machiavellian being |
