Risk and the Theory of Security Risk Assessment

• Main Author: Young, Carl S. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications,
• Subjects: System safety.; Risk management.; Computer security.; Statistics .; System theory.; Security Science and Technology.; Risk Management.; Systems and Data Security.; Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences.; Complex Systems.

This book provides the conceptual foundation of security risk assessment and thereby enables reasoning about risk from first principles. It presents the underlying theory that is the basis of a rigorous and universally applicable security risk assessment methodology. Furthermore, the book identifies...

Table of Contents:

• Part 1: Security Risk Assessment Fundamentals
• Definitions and Basic Concepts
• Risk Factors
• Threat Scenarios
• Risk, In Depth
• Part II: Quantitative Concepts and Methods
• The (Bare) Essentials of Probability and Statistics
• Identifying and/or Quantifying Risk-Relevance
• Risk Factor Measurements
• Elementary Stochastic Methods and Security Risk
• Part III: Security Risk Assessment and Management
• Threat Scenario Complexity
• Systemic Security Risk
• General Theoretical Results
• The Theory, in Practice
• Epilogue
• Appendices.