Title: A Survey of Security Assessment Ontologies,
Abstract: A literature survey on ontologies concerning the Security Assessment domain
has been carried out to uncover initiatives that aim at formalizing concepts
from the Security Assessment field of research. A preliminary analysis and a
discussion on the selected works are presented. Our main contribution is an
updated literature review, describing key characteristics, results, research
issues, and application domains of the papers. We have also detected gaps in
the Security Assessment literature that could be the subject of further studies
in the field. This work is meant to be useful for security researchers who wish
to adopt a formal approach in their methods.