Conceptualizing Business Process Dependencies That Propagate Cyber Risk
摘要
This paper explores the propagation of cyber risks within business processes, addressing the lack of process-awareness in existing research, especially regarding dependencies between process model elements. We propose a conceptualization that incorporates process model elements, dependencies, cyber risk events, and inference rules for capturing cascading effects. The conceptualization covers control flow, data flow, and resource-to-activity dependencies. A proof of concept, analyzing risk propagation in a credit evaluation process, demonstrates how confidentiality, integrity, and availability risks cascade across components. Our findings show how this approach uncovers cascading risks, providing insights for cyber risk assessment in interconnected environments.