Dependability Metrics

by Eusgeld, Irene; Freiling, Felix C.; Reussner, Ralf

• ISBN13: 9783540689461
• ISBN10: 354068946X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-14
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

With the growing ubiquity of computing systems, it is essential that we can rely on the services they deliver. Justifying reliance in computer systems requires scientific techniques to derive evidence from given systems or predict such evidence. This tutorial book gives an overview of the current state of the art in measuring the different aspects of dependability of systems: reliability, security and performance.The main impulse for this dependability metrics project resulted from a research seminar, held at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, in October/November 2005. The 25 chapters, based on the outcome of the research seminar, are organized in five parts on foundations, reliability metrics, security metrics, performance metrics, and overlapping metrics. The final part shows that only a combined consideration of important dependability attributes will lead to the design objective: the development of systems we can really trust.

Table of Contents

Introduction to Dependability Metrics	p. 1
Foundations
On Metrics and Measurements	p. 7
Validation of Predictions with Measurements	p. 14
Consistent Metric Usage: From Design to Deployment	p. 19
Basic and Dependent Metrics	p. 37
Goal, Question, Metric	p. 39
Quality of Service Modeling Language	p. 43
Markov Models	p. 48
Reliability Metrics
Hardware Reliability	p. 59
Software Reliability	p. 104
Security Metrics
Introduction to Security Metrics	p. 129
Cryptographic Attack Metrics	p. 133
Security Measurements and Metrics for Networks	p. 157
Industrial Approaches and Standards for Security Assessment	p. 166
Economic Security Metrics	p. 176
Human Factors	p. 188
Performance Metrics
Introduction to Performance Metrics	p. 199
Performance-Related Metrics in the ISO 9126 Standard	p. 204
Analytical Performance Metrics	p. 207
Performance Metrics in Software Design Models	p. 219
Measuring Performance Metrics: Techniques and Tools	p. 226
Performance Metrics for Specific Domains	p. 233
Overlapping Metrics
Introduction to Overlapping Attributes	p. 243
Performability	p. 245
Reliability vs. Security: A Subjective Overview	p. 255
Appendix
Biographies of Contributors	p. 261
References	p. 267
Subject Index	p. 301
Author Index	p. 305
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