Information protection in the conditions of limited energy resources

Abstract

Relevance: The protection of information and the system where such information is processed and stored is a complicated task even under optimal conditions. Adding any constraints leads to the appearance of new problems. The constraint on energy resources forces us to change an approach to information protection, abandon certain solutions and change the way the way we use information system. The primary focus of this article is on information systems that use networking hardware. Networking hardware is viewed as part of the system and requires power supply. The problem of limited energy resources is examined at two levels – restricted to a single system and globally when such systems compete for limited resources. The violator is aware of the system’s functioning under constrained energy resources but in general case doesn’t kbnow how dire the situation is.

Goal: to design a model of inforamtion oritection with aforementioned constraints, to select task with high ration of reward for completion to energy usage, to create a reserve of energy for further use when the system is operating again, to estimate the risk of overloading the grid.

Research methods: vgraph theory, game theory, Fishburn’s and Way’s methods for selection of best project.

The results: the model was designed and 2 strategies of energy resources distribution were found

Conclusions: The problem of lack of energy resources in general case is solved by the means of introduction of redundamcy in computational and memory resources. The conduction of an attack and the halting of one both will affect the distribution of tasks that are queued to the syste, by legitimate users. Affecting the cost of energy resources is possible but is outside of the scope of this article.