Attack Tree
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Definitions
European Definitions
DIESIS project
The DIESIS project [1] gives the following definition:
"Attack Trees provide a formal, methodical way of describing the security of systems, based on varying attacks. Basically, you represent attacks against a system in a tree structure, with the goal as the root node and different ways of achieving that goal as leaf nodes". [2]
Other International Definitions
National Definitions
Standard Definition
IETF
A branching, hierarchical data structure that represents a set of potential approaches to achieving an event in which system security is penetrated or compromised in a specified way.[3]
Discussion Topic
See discussion in [3].
See also
Notes
- ↑ http://www.diesis-project.eu/
- ↑ Bruce Schneier (1999). Attack Trees. Dr Dobb's Journal, v.24, n.12, December 1999
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 IETF RFC449 Internet Security Glossary 2
