Distributed Data Fusion for Network-Centric Operations

11	Threat Analysis in Distributed Environments Hengameh Irandoust, Abder Benaskeur, Jean Roy and Froduald Kabanza

CONTENTS

11.1  Introduction

11.2  Some Definitions

11.3  Threat Analysis: Primary Concepts

11.3.1  Action, Event, and Reference Point

11.3.2  Intentionality

11.3.3  Impacts and Consequences

11.4  Threat Analysis as an Interference Assessment Problem

11.4.1  Intent–Capability–Opportunity Triad

11.4.1.1  Intent Indicators

11.4.1.2  Capability Indicators

11.4.1.3  Opportunity Indicators

11.4.1.4  Dual Perspective

11.4.2  Threat Analysis in the Data Fusion Model

11.5  Goal and Plan Recognition

11.6  Threat Analysis as a Plan Recognition Problem

11.6.1  Plan Recognition

11.6.2  Plan Recognition Approaches

11.6.2.1  Symbolic Approaches ...