Hagenberg Risk Management Process (Part 1): Multidimensional Polar Heatmaps for Context-Sensitive Risk Analysis

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Main Authors: Hermann, Eckehard, Lampesberger, Harald
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author Hermann, Eckehard
Lampesberger, Harald
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Lampesberger, Harald
contents Traditional two-dimensional risk matrices (heatmaps) are widely used to model and visualize likelihood and impact relationships, but they face fundamental methodological limitations when applied to complex infrastructures. In particular, regulatory frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA call for more context-sensitive and system-oriented risk analysis. We argue that incorporating contextual dimensions into heatmaps enhances their analytical value. As a first step towards our Hagenberg Risk Management Process for complex infrastructures and systems, this paper introduces a multidimensional (ND) polar heatmap as a formal model that explicitly integrates additional context dimensions and subsumes classical two-dimensional models as a special case.
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spellingShingle Hagenberg Risk Management Process (Part 1): Multidimensional Polar Heatmaps for Context-Sensitive Risk Analysis
Hermann, Eckehard
Lampesberger, Harald
Cryptography and Security
Traditional two-dimensional risk matrices (heatmaps) are widely used to model and visualize likelihood and impact relationships, but they face fundamental methodological limitations when applied to complex infrastructures. In particular, regulatory frameworks such as NIS2 and DORA call for more context-sensitive and system-oriented risk analysis. We argue that incorporating contextual dimensions into heatmaps enhances their analytical value. As a first step towards our Hagenberg Risk Management Process for complex infrastructures and systems, this paper introduces a multidimensional (ND) polar heatmap as a formal model that explicitly integrates additional context dimensions and subsumes classical two-dimensional models as a special case.
title Hagenberg Risk Management Process (Part 1): Multidimensional Polar Heatmaps for Context-Sensitive Risk Analysis
topic Cryptography and Security
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.07644