Cert Research Annual Report 2008

Abstract

One of the challenges CERT has faced over the years is that attention to system security, particularly proactive security measures, was not a priority for the majority of users. I am excited to see that trend changingvendors are doing a better job of incorporating security into their software and establishing practices foraddressing vulnerabilities, home users are more knowledgeable about risks, and system administrators areimplementing strategies at the network level to protect their systems. But the need to tackle tough researchproblems remains.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1145943

Entities

People

  • Rich Pethia

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Cognitive Science
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Network Security
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Program Reliability
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Information Science
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Intrusion Detectors
  • National Security
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Systems Engineering

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

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