Reasoning of Collaborative Human Behaviour in Security-CriticalWork Practices: A Framework

Abstract

A framework is developed to study the security effects of human activities across an organisation. These activities can be simulated using software agents. The simulation results assist one to identify weak links in the overall workflow that may potentially cause security incidents, for example, leakage of information. This subsequently allows one to set better processes to more effectively handle such incidents. The main tools to realise the model are conventional cryptographic approaches and induction of communication protocols and situated cognition.