Good R&D Progress in the Space of Identity (and Security) Analytics

Good progress has been made in the R&D space of Identity Analytics at HP Labs (in the broader context of Security Analytics).

Various IAM case studies have been explored, investigating how event-driven probabilistic modelling, coupled with economic studies, can be used to help decision makers to make decision on investments, identify suitable metrics & policies, better understand the impact of choices, trade-offs and risk implications.

We got a few papers accepted in international conferences, in particular at IEEE Policy 2009 Symposium, Trust Economics 2009 Workshop and IEEE MetriSec 2009 – covering various IAM aspects.

A few HP Labs Technical Reports are now publicly available:

• HPL-2009-173 Adrian Baldwin, Marco Casassa Mont, David Pym, Simon Shiu - System Modelling for Economic Analysis of Security Investments: A Case Study in Identity and Access Management - HPL-2009-173
• HPL-2009-142 Yolanta Beres, Marco Casassa Mont, Jonathan Griffin, Simon Shiu - Using Security Metrics Coupled with Predictive Modelling and Simulation to Assess Security Processes - HPL-2009-142
• HPL-2009-138 Anna Squicciarini, Marco Casassa Mont, Sathya Dev Rajasekaran - Towards an Analytic Approach to Evaluate Enterprises’ Risk Exposure to Social Networks - HPL-2009-138
• HPL-2009-57 Marco Casassa Mont, Adrian Baldwin, Simon Shiu - Identity Analytics - User provisioning Case Study: Using Modelling and Simulation for Policy Decision Support - HPL-2009-57, 2009
• HPL-2009-56 Adrian Baldwin, Marco Casassa Mont, Simon Shiu - Using Modelling and Simulation for Policy Decision Support in Identity Management - HPL-2009-56, 2009
• HPL-2008-84 Marco Casassa Mont, Adrian Baldwin, Simon Shiu - On Identity Analytics: Setting the Context- HPL-2008-84, 2008

I am looking for input and feedback, in particular additional case studies where to apply our approach and techniques.


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