TY - GEN
T1 - A theory of exposure
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS 2017
AU - Robertson, Lindsay
AU - Aneiros, Albert Munoz
AU - Michael, Katina
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/2
Y1 - 2017/7/2
N2 - People are reliant on technology systems for their survival and everyday convenience. From access to clean drinking water, to electricity for cooking, to fuel for driving vehicles to and from work. When a technology system that people rely on is inoperable or inaccessible, end-user vulnerabilities can increase acutely and substantially. While end-users are quite resourceful, a few days without water or electricity or fuel, can quickly turn into a humanitarian or security crisis, especially in densely populated areas. This paper's contribution is a measure to study technology systems and the extent of their contribution to end-user vulnerability. A theory of exposure is presented with a corresponding measure of how to determine exposure of any given technology system, agnostic of geography location or socio-economic circumstances. It is argued, that if the exposure of any given technology system can be reduced, that end-user vulnerabilities are also reduced, providing some control over extreme or unintended events. Researchers and practitioners can use these outcomes on existing technology systems toward optimization, or on new technology systems being introduced into a cyberphysical environment. The accuracy, precision and scaling of the proposed exposure measure are also examined in this paper.
AB - People are reliant on technology systems for their survival and everyday convenience. From access to clean drinking water, to electricity for cooking, to fuel for driving vehicles to and from work. When a technology system that people rely on is inoperable or inaccessible, end-user vulnerabilities can increase acutely and substantially. While end-users are quite resourceful, a few days without water or electricity or fuel, can quickly turn into a humanitarian or security crisis, especially in densely populated areas. This paper's contribution is a measure to study technology systems and the extent of their contribution to end-user vulnerability. A theory of exposure is presented with a corresponding measure of how to determine exposure of any given technology system, agnostic of geography location or socio-economic circumstances. It is argued, that if the exposure of any given technology system can be reduced, that end-user vulnerabilities are also reduced, providing some control over extreme or unintended events. Researchers and practitioners can use these outcomes on existing technology systems toward optimization, or on new technology systems being introduced into a cyberphysical environment. The accuracy, precision and scaling of the proposed exposure measure are also examined in this paper.
KW - end-user vulnerability
KW - exposure
KW - measure
KW - metric
KW - technology systems
KW - theory
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U2 - 10.1109/ISTAS.2017.8319089
DO - 10.1109/ISTAS.2017.8319089
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85046087147
T3 - International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings
SP - 1
EP - 10
BT - 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society, ISTAS 2017
A2 - Cunningham, Paul
A2 - Cunningham, Miriam
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 10 August 2017 through 11 August 2017
ER -