SIAM - Security Impact Assessment Measures

Security Impact Assessment Measures (SIAM)

SIAM Assessment Support System

Today security is managed by an increasing range of diverse technological systems and measures. Giving the variety of nature, contexts and actors in which these technologies are deployed an adequate assessment methodology requires a whole range of questions and perspectives to take into account. Where, by whom, for what purpose is a technology introduced in a certain field or area? Does the usage keep what the technological scope promised? What is the impact on security? What are the costs? Will the investment be appropriate for handling the issue in the long run? What are the unintended effects? Who are the people that will be affected? Are people treated adequately and are their personal rights respected? How will people cope with it and adopt it? Security technologies are widely used, creating the need to raise and include questions of ethical and social implications into the assessment.