Publication of DRAW | CS-GRAM open source tools

Posted May 2024 by & filed under Publications.

The DRAW is an open source tool from itrust consulting and is used to graphically represent assets and their corresponding dependencies. The assets are represented as nodes in the graph and the dependency is represented as an edge from one asset to another. The asset carries information about the name of the asset and its type, e.g. the asset can be a financial asset, a business process, etc. The edge carries the dependency information and also the probability information. Probability implies the chances that one asset will affect the other asset.

The depiction of asset dependencies allows users to graphically see the impact of an asset on other assets. For example, if there is an edge between server and server data, this means that a problem with the server could cause a problem with the server data.

The dependency graph created by DRAW can also be synchronised with TRICK Service risk analysis tool by itrust consulting, enabling the user to perform more effective risk analysis based on asset dependencies and probability propagation associated with edges.

As of version v2.0.5, the tool also supports the Excel format for importing and exporting dependencies to the DRAW whiteboard.


The tool has been released as open source as part of the CyFORT project initiative, making its main features available for use and inviting further contributions.

Publication of OpenARIANA | CS-GRAM open source tools

Posted May 2024 by & filed under Publications.

OpenARIANA has been developed to address the repetitive task of creating policies, particularly Information Security Management System (ISMS) policies. These documents often consist of standardised text that needs to be tailored to individual customer requirements. By tightly integrating with Microsoft Word, OpenARIANA streamlines the process of creating and customising documents in a professional environment. It provides a user-friendly interface that increases productivity and reduces manual effort, making the process of adapting standardised policies to specific customer needs both efficient and reliable.

The tool has been released as open source as part of the CyFORT project initiative, making its main features available for use and inviting further contributions.

Publication of ARIANA | CS-GRAM open source tools

Posted May 2024 by & filed under Publications.

The ARIANA tool, short for “Assistance for Reporting on Information system Audits with Normative Assessment”, is designed as an add-on to Microsoft Word and Excel applications and provides a simple and reliable process for creating policies, creating or updating audit reports, managing Excel- and Word-based records of processing activities compliant with GDPR, and providing additional Word and Excel utilities useful to consultants in their day-to-day work.

The tool was developed by itrust consulting as a VBA application to provide standardised documentation in the ATENA project. The tool has been released as open source as part of the CyFORT project initiative, making its main features available for use and inviting further contributions.

Publication of C5-DEC CAD

Posted April 2024 by & filed under Publications.

C5-DEC, short for “Common Criteria for Cybersecurity, Cryptography, Clouds – Design, Evaluation and Certification”, is a sub-project of the CyFORT project, which in turn stands for “Cloud Cybersecurity Fortress of Open Resources and Tools for Resilience”.

 

C5-DEC CAD, the software component of C5-DEC, is a suite of tools for computer-aided design and development (CAD), mainly dealing with: the creation and evaluation of secure IT systems according to the Common Criteria standards, secure software development life cycle (SSDLC), and what we refer to as cyber-physical system security assessment (CPSSA).

This repository contains the source code and full documentation (requirements, technical specifications, user manual, test case specifications and test reports) of C5-DEC CAD, exemplifying the C5-DEC method, which relies on storing, interlinking and processing all software development life cycle (SDLC) artifacts in a unified manner.

International Conference on E-Business and Telecommunications (ICETE 2020).

Posted October 2021 by & filed under Publications.

Vazquez Sandoval I., Atashpendar A., Lenzini G., Ryan P.Y.A. (2021) PakeMail: Authentication and Key Management in Decentralized Secure Email and Messaging via PAKE. In: Obaidat M.S., Ben-Othman J. (eds) E-Business and Telecommunications. ICETE 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1484. Springer, Cham.