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Rethinking Security through Systems Security Engineering

Published

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

Abstract

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-160: Systems Security Engineering: Considerations for a Multidisciplinary Approach in the Engineering of Trustworthy Secure Systems. The publication addresses the engineering-driven perspective and actions necessary to develop more defensible and survivable systems, inclusive of the machine, physical, and human components that compose the systems and the capabilities and services delivered by those systems.
Citation
ITL Bulletin - December 2016
Report Number
December 2016

Keywords

assurance, implementation, integration, protection needs, resiliency, risk management, risk treatment, security architecture, security requirements, stakeholder, system-of-systems, system element, system life cycle, systems, systems engineering, systems security engineering, trustworthiness

Citation

Ross, R. , Feldman, L. and Witte, G. (2016), Rethinking Security through Systems Security Engineering, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=922469 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created December 21, 2016, Updated January 27, 2020