A Decision Support System for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Control and Security of Computer Systems.

Abstract

The increasing number of computer failures and crimes has forced managers to tighten the control procedures of their EDP systems. However the cost of an exhaustive control strategy is often very expensive, and its effectiveness is not guaranteed. This thesis designs and implements a Decision Support System that helps determine optimal control procedures for EDP systems (CEA-DSS). The model base of the proposed DSS consists of various techniques for estimating computer exposures. The latter can be interactively analyzed via a Dialogue interface that supports tabular and graphic outputs. CEA-DSS also provides extensive database management capabilities to keep track of the diverse control problems. It is implemented in Pascal for the IBM-PC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161388

Entities

People

  • Emmanuel A. Prevenas

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Algorithms
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Cost Effectiveness
  • Data Processing
  • Database Management Systems
  • Databases
  • Decision Support Systems
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Programming Languages
  • Relational Databases
  • Standards
  • User Interface

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Economics
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.