Title :
Handling and Reporting Security Advisories: A Scorecard Approach
Author :
Lekkas, Dimitrios ; Spinellis, Diomidis
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Product & Syst. Design Eng., Aegean Univ., Greece
Abstract :
Vendors and independent response centers have vastly different views regarding security advisories--what to publish and how to organize the information. The authors’ scorecard approach aims to provide a practical guide for how to publish, read, evaluate, and handle advisories.
Keywords :
publishing; security of data; publishing; reporting; scorecard; security advisories; Australia; Computer crime; Data security; IP networks; Information security; Network servers; Personal communication networks; Protocols; Software systems; Web server; patch; security advisory; vulnerability disclosure;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2005.98
