Keara Barrett

The dynamic adaptation of security policies in pervasive environments, with contextual information as the catalyst

Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG)
Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT)

The concept of exploiting context information to produce dynamically adapting, accurate and timely security policies for pervasive environments and the entities of these environments are discussed briefly in this paper. The challenges relating to the effective establishment and enforcement of security policies in unpredictable pervasive environments are outlines, along with issues faced in the automated refinement of the security policies.

Keywords: Pervasive Environment, Context Information, Security Policies, Dynamic Adaptation, Automated Policy Refinement