Abstract SecAOnto (Security Assessment Ontology) aims at formalizing the knowledge on
“Security Assessment”. A conceptual formalization of this area is needed, given that there is …

A literature survey on ontologies concerning the Security Assessment domain has been
carried out to uncover initiatives that aim at formalizing concepts from the “Security …

The use of ontologies to represent knowledge provides us with organization, communication
and reusability. The concepts and relations managed by any scientific community need to be …

The use of ontologies and taxonomies contributes by providing means to define concepts,
minimize the ambiguity, improve the interoperability and manage knowledge of the security …

Purpose–This paper aims to show the difficulties involved in dealing with the quantity,
diversity and the lack of semantics security information. It seeks to propose the use of …

We present a publicly available, OWL-based ontology of information security which models
assets, threats, vulnerabilities, countermeasures and their relations. The ontology can be …

Organizations are actively seeking efficient solutions for the management and protection of
their assets. However, Cybersecurity is a vast and complex domain, especially for large …

Measuring security is a complex task and requires a great deal of knowledge. Managing this
knowledge and presenting it in a universal way is challenging. This paper describes the …

In the area of information technology an amount of security issues persists through time.
Ongoing activities on security solutions aim to integrate existing security guidelines, best …

Recently, ontology-based approaches to security, in particular to information security, have
been recognized as a relevant challenge and as an area of research interest of its own. As …