Software Diversity for Future Systems Security

Abstract

Software security represents a major concern as cyber attacks continue to grow in number and sophistication. One security-weakening factor is related to the standardized software ecosystem that facilitates the spread of malware in systems that share common vulnerabilities. In this overview article, the main concepts associated with diversity and software redundancy are described in the perspective of improving attack resistance. The remarkable progress made in this area, where commercial implementations are now emerging, is also highlighted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA556044

Entities

People

  • Abdelouahed Gherbi
  • Mario Couture
  • Robert Charpentier

Organizations

  • DRDC Valcartier

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Code Injection
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity
  • Detection
  • Environment
  • Information Systems
  • Instruction Set Architecture
  • Intrusion Detection
  • Operating Systems
  • Redundancy
  • Security
  • Software Design
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Cyber