Emerging Trends in ICT Security

Chapter 1

System Security Engineering for Information Systems

Logan O. Mailloux¹, Michael R. Grimaila¹, John M. Colombi¹, Douglas D. Hodson¹ and Gerald Baumgartner²,    ¹United States Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, USA,    ²Laboratory for Telecommunications Science, College Park, MD, USA

This chapter discusses the problematic intersection of risk management, mission assurance, security, and information systems through the illustrative example of the United States (US) Department of Defense (DoD). A concise history of systems security engineering (SSE) is provided with emphasis on recent revitalization efforts. Next, a review of established and emerging SSE methods, processes, and tools (MPT) frequently used to assess ...