• DocumentCode
    1092480
  • Title

    Estimating Software Vulnerabilities

  • Author

    Jones, Jeffrey R.

  • Author_Institution
    Microsoft, Redmond
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    28
  • Lastpage
    32
  • Abstract
    Any given piece of software has some number of publicly disclosed vulnerabilities at any moment, leaving the system exposed to potential attack. A method for identifying and analyzing these vulnerabilities uses public data from easily accessible sources.
  • Keywords
    computer crime; software metrics; performance metrics; software vulnerability estimation; Computer hacking; Computer industry; Data analysis; Data security; Databases; Delay; Linux; Open source software; Software measurement; Web server; Microsoft; data; software vulnerabilities; vulnerability disclosure;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2007.81
  • Filename
    4288040