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Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security (RMIAS)

Formalising the Information Assurance & Security domain knowledge



Y. Cherdantseva
School of Computer Science & Informatics, Cardiff University
Email: Y.V.Cherdantseva@cs.cardiff.ac.uk

J. Hilton
Department of Informatics and Systems Engineering, Cranfield University
Email: j.c.hilton@cranfield.ac.uk

Information Assurance & Security (IAS) is a dynamic domain which changes continuously in response to the evolution of society, business needs and technology. A Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security (RMIAS) endeavours to address the recent trends in the IAS evolution, namely diversification and de-perimetrisation.
The model incorporates four dimensions:

  • Information System Security Life Cycle,
  • Information Taxonomy,
  • Security Goals and
  • Security Countermeasures.

In addition to the descriptive knowledge, the RMIAS embeds the methodological knowledge.



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Cherdantseva Y. and Hilton J. "A Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security," Accepted to SecOnt 2013 workshop which will be held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2013, University of Regensburg, Germany. September 2nd - 6th, 2013.


Related Publications

Cherdantseva Y. and Hilton J. "A Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security," Accepted to SecOnt 2013 workshop which will be held in conjunction with the 8th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) 2013, University of Regensburg, Germany. September 2nd - 6th, 2013.


Cherdantseva Y. and Hilton J. "Information Security and Information Assurance. The Discussion about the Meaning, Scope and Goals,” Accepted to: F. Almeida, and I. Portela (eds.), Organizational, Legal, and Technological Dimensions of IS Administrator. IGI Global Publishing. Expected publication date: September, 2013.


Cherdantseva Y., Hilton J., Rana O.: "Towards SecureBPMN - Aligning BPMN with the Information Assurance & Security Domain," In: Mendling, J. and Weidlich, M. (eds.) Business Process Model and Notation 2012. LNBIP, vol.125, pp.107-115. Springer, Heidelberg (2012)


Cherdantseva, Y., Hilton, J., Rana, O., Ivins, W.: "A Multifaceted Evaluation of the Reference Model of Information Assurance & Security" . Computers & Security. 2016. Received at Editorial Oce: 14 Jun 2016. Article revised: 14 Sep 2016. Accepted for publication on 20 Sep 2016. Authors' Post-Print Version is available here.