Towards Secure Ambient Intelligence Scenarios.
Antonio Maña, Francisco Sánchez-Cid, Daniel Serrano, Antonio Muñoz · Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering · 2006
Ambient Intelligence (AmI for short) represents a promising concept based on the ubiquity and intelligence of computational devices embedded into all types of objects. The realization of this concept entails many important challenges, such as the provision of intelligent and adaptive interfaces, the dynamic assembly of components, the automated negotiation, and many others. However, one of the most important barriers to the realization of Ambient Intelligence is the lack of adequate support for security. In particular, the lack of security-aware development processes is a very negative factor influencing this situation. In this paper we present a new model for addressing the security issues in the development of distributed applications and systems for very dynamic and heterogeneous scenarios such as Ambient Intelligence. The model is based on the concept of Security and Dependability (S&D) Pattern. S&D Patterns are precise, machineunderstandable and user-meaningful representations of validated security and dependability solutions and mechanisms.