Security Policies in Military Environments
Abstract
Security has always been a topic of attention in military environments. However, with the advances in technology, the ever-growing number of various electronic devices that surround us, and the complexity of these devices, the security risks are also greatly increasing. Traditionally, military environments have a tight physical security, but sometimes lack a good security policy for the numerous electronic devices that are used not only in the field, but also in the office. As these devices are becoming easier to use, we cannot neglect the potential human abuser who does not need great expertise in the field of electronics or computing to gain access to confidential data, either from the outside or from the inside of the system. The paper proposes a system for managing and formally specifying security policies for electronic equipment as well as for other areas that require a security policy. Further, it discusses problems with integrating local legislation and local policies with policies of alliance partners (e.g. NATO) or policies based on bilateral and multi-lateral agreements, with the objective of the union policy not only conforming to all the other policies, but also enhancing and superseding them. On the other hand, the paper focuses on the potential attacks from within the system and discusses the teaching techniques that can help to establish a level of knowledge that provides the required level of security in accordance with the sensitivity of the data used during any process. The paper shifts the focus from various security devices to the ever increasing importance of the human factor in systems with sensitive data.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2006
- Accession Number
- ADA478780
Entities
People
- Ales Zavec
- Andrej Krevl
- Matjaz Pancur
- Mojca Ciglaric
- Saso Tomazic
- Stanko Ciglaric
- Tone Vidmar
Organizations
- University of Ljubljana