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In this paper we propose an application of action refinement theory for enforcing security policies at different levels of abstraction. Indeed we assume to have a (high level) specification of a secure system with a possible untrusted component. It is controlled by a controller program, in such a way the system is secure. We show that it is possible to guarantee that the refinement of this system at a lower level of abstraction is still secure, regardless the behavior of the implementation of the untrusted component.
Work partially supported by EU-funded project ‘‘Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Overlay Computers”(SENSORIA) and by EU-funded project ‘‘CONSEQUENCE”.
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Martinelli, F., Matteucci, I. (2009). Idea: Action Refinement for Security Properties Enforcement. In: Massacci, F., Redwine, S.T., Zannone, N. (eds) Engineering Secure Software and Systems. ESSoS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5429. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00199-4_4
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