TITLE:
Security Policy Management Process within Six Sigma Framework
AUTHORS:
Vijay Anand, Jafar Saniie, Erdal Oruklu
KEYWORDS:
Security Management; Security Process; Policy; Threat; Six SIGMA
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Information Security,
Vol.3 No.1,
December
31,
2011
ABSTRACT: This paper presents a management process for creating adaptive, real-time security policies within the Six Sigma (6σ) framework. A key challenge for the creation of a management process is the integration with models of known Industrial processes. One of the most used industrial process models is Six Sigma which is a business management model wherein customer centric needs are put in perspective with business data to create an efficient system. The security policy creation and management process proposed in this paper is based on the Six Sigma model and presents a method to adapt security goals and risk management of a computing service. By formalizing a security policy management process within an industrial process model, the adaptability of this model to existing industrial tools is seamless and offers a clear risk based policy decision framework. In particular, this paper presents the necessary tools and procedures to map Six Sigma DMAIC (Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control) methodology to security policy management.