Application of modern methods for information security risks evaluation of a critical information infrastructure facility
https://doi.org/10.17586/2226-1494-2025-25-4-727-736
Abstract
The practice of assessing IT-security risks of Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) facilities is considered. The methods of Event Tree Analysis (ETA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), and the International Standard ISO/IEC 27005:2022, which establishes the principles of risk management, were compared. The ways of supplementing the existing methodological requirements of the Russian Federation in the field of IT-security of CII facilities with modern methods of assessing IT-security risks are shown. A comparison of modern methods for assessing IT-security risks is carried out using the example of a water supply management system. The application of the necessary list of protection measures providing a given level of residual IT-security risks is justified. The possibility of using modern methods for assessing the IT-security risks of CII facilities in addition to the existing methodological requirements of the Russian Federation is demonstrated.
About the Author
I. I. LivshitzRussian Federation
Ilya I. Livshitz, D.Sc., Professor
197101; Saint Petersburg
sc 57191569306
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Livshitz I.I. Application of modern methods for information security risks evaluation of a critical information infrastructure facility. Scientific and Technical Journal of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics. 2025;25(4):727-736. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17586/2226-1494-2025-25-4-727-736