Grand challenges in information security: process and output

Author

Smith, Sean W. ; Spafford, Eugene H.

Author_Institution

Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA

Volume

2

Issue

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

69

Lastpage

71

Abstract

Even casual observers can see that our society´s computing infrastructure has significant security problems. Technical sources such as CERT, BugTraq, and the Risks Digest - not to mention the popular media - regularly catalog critical vulnerabilities in deployed software. Unless we figure out how to build trustworthy systems in the real world, we´re in trouble. Recognizing that fact, the Computing Research Association (CRA, www.cra.org), with support from the US National Science Foundation, recently drafted its Grand Research Challenges in security and assurance, intent on galvanizing the field by focusing attention and stimulating progress on these problems.

Keywords

data privacy; government policies; risk management; security of data; Computing Research Association; US National Science Foundation; computing infrastructure; critical vulnerabilities; deployed software; grand challenges; information security; security problems; trustworthy systems; Board of Directors; Computer bugs; Computer security; Computer vision; Engineering profession; Information security; Organizing; Privacy; Proposals; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Security & Privacy, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1540-7993

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MSECP.2004.1264859

Filename

1264859