Domain Specific Simulation Language For IT Risk Assessment

Abstract

Information technology systems represent the backbone of a company's operational infrastructure. A company's top management typically ensures that computer software and hardware mechanisms are adequate, functional and in adherence with regulatory guidelines and industry practices. Nowadays, due to depressed economic and increased intensity of performed operations, business highly recognizes the influence of effective Information Technology risk management on profitability. Design of Unified Modelling Language (UML) based Domain Specific language (DSL) described in this paper achieves synergy from in IT industry widely used UML modelling technique and the domain specific risk management extensions. As a novelty for UML modelling, especially for simulation purposes, the presented DSL is enriched by a set of stochastic attributes of modelled activities. Such stochastic attributes are usable for further implementation of discrete-event system simulators.

Business Process Simulation on Procedural Graphical Process Models

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“…The implemented modelling tool is functioning inside Microsoft Visual Studio Shell [25]. An example of a dialog window of the tool prototype is depicted in Fig.…”

“…A domain specific simulation language (DSSL) for assessment of IT risks was developed [25]. It allows the analysis of potential company's IT risks like hardware failure, poor backup solution, communication channel interruption, insufficient access control, lack of competence, etc.…”