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Kölbel, Linda Maria ; Poss, Leo ; Schönig, Stefan

Context is key for cybersecurity: leveraging external knowledge for process model explanation via LLMs

Kölbel, Linda Maria, Poss, Leo und Schönig, Stefan (2026) Context is key for cybersecurity: leveraging external knowledge for process model explanation via LLMs. International Journal of Information Security 25 (4).

Veröffentlichungsdatum dieses Volltextes: 16 Jun 2026 06:26
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DOI zum Zitieren dieses Dokuments: 10.5283/epub.79662


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The gap between operational process design and the security regulation requirements represents a critical and underexplored source of cybersecurity risk. Business process models provide structured representations of system behavior but are routinely abstracted from external knowledge, including industry standards, organizational policies, and domain constraints, which are required to assess their ...

The gap between operational process design and the security regulation requirements represents a critical and underexplored source of cybersecurity risk. Business process models provide structured representations of system behavior but are routinely abstracted from external knowledge, including industry standards, organizational policies, and domain constraints, which are required to assess their security posture and verify regulatory compliance. To address this, we propose a Security by Design framework that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) to systematically integrate structured process models with unstructured external knowledge for automated process explanation and compliance checking. Our approach combines BPMN process models with external security standards (ISO 27001 [International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission. [ISO/IEC 27001:2022] – Information security management systems – Requirements. ISO/IEC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2022. Fourth edition. Available from www.iso.org] and IEC 62443-3-3 [International Electrotechnical Commission. IEC 62443-3-3:2013 – Industrial communication networks – Network and system security – Part 3-3: System security requirements and security levels. IEC, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013. First edition. Available from www.iec.ch]) using a modular prompting architecture. We evaluate the framework using the LLM-as-a-Judge methodology on two real-world Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) use cases, demonstrating accurate, contextually grounded results. We further introduce a four-part error typology to characterize model limitations in compliance-critical settings. While results are promising, human expert validation remains essential for nuanced regulatory interpretation. This work provides a methodological foundation for transparent, proactive cybersecurity by embedding context-aware compliance checks directly into the system design process.



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DokumentenartArtikel
Titel eines Journals oder einer ZeitschriftInternational Journal of Information Security
Verlag:Springer
Band:25
Nummer des Zeitschriftenheftes oder des Kapitels:4
Datum15 Juni 2026
InstitutionenWirtschaftswissenschaften > Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik
Wirtschaftswissenschaften > Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik > Lehrstuhl für Prozessbasierte Informationssysteme – Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönig
Informatik und Data Science > Fachbereich Wirtschaftsinformatik > Lehrstuhl für Prozessbasierte Informationssysteme – Prof. Dr. Stefan Schönig
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WertTyp
10.1007/s10207-026-01245-xDOI
Stichwörter / KeywordsGenerative Process Intelligence · Large Language Models · Business Process Management · Process Models · Prompt Engineering
Dewey-Dezimal-Klassifikation000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 004 Informatik
300 Sozialwissenschaften > 330 Wirtschaft
StatusVeröffentlicht
BegutachtetJa, diese Version wurde begutachtet
An der Universität Regensburg entstandenJa
URN der UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-796621
Dokumenten-ID79662

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