Authors:
Daria Stepanova
;
Simon E. Parkin
and
Aad van Moorsel
Affiliation:
Newcastle University, United Kingdom
Keyword(s):
Information security, Ontology, Knowledge base, Human-behavioural factors.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Cloud Computing
;
Data Engineering
;
Decision Support Systems
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Enterprise Software Technologies
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Ontology Engineering
;
Semantic Web Technologies
;
Services Science
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
Abstract:
The majority of modern-day companies store commercially sensitive and valuable information assets in digital form. It is essential for the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) within an organisation to ensure that such information is adequately protected. External standards exist to advise CISOs on how to secure information, but these are essentially ``one-size-fits-all''. Furthermore they do not consider the human-behavioural aspects that determine the impact of security controls upon employees, or how security controls can be best deployed to manage insecure employee behaviour. CISOs require more information than they are currently provided with to justify their information security management decisions.
Here we present a knowledge base and accompanying user interface. The knowledge base represents key structural components of the ISO27002 security standard, formally relating them to one another. This empowers CISOs to understand how different security measures impact upon e
ach other. It also considers how human-behavioural factors can be associated with these concepts. The accompanying user interface provides a means to present formalised information security concepts to CISOs. This paper describes the development of the knowledge base and user interface, highlighting and discussing key challenges and how they were resolved.
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