The Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)

The Center for Education and Research in
Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security

Cyber Security: Assessing Our Vulnerabilities and Developing an Effective Defense

Author

Eugene H. Spafford

Entry type

article

Abstract

The number and sophistication of cyberattacks continues to increase, but no national policy is in place to confront them. Critical systems need to be built on secure foundations, rather than the cheapest general-purpose platform. A program that combines education in cyber security, increasing resources for law enforcement, development of reliable systems for critical applications, and expanding research support in multiple areas of security and reliability is essential to combat risks that are far beyond the nuisances of spam email and viruses, and involve widespread espionage, theft, and attacks on essential services.

Date

2009 – 1 – 1

URL

http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-10233-2_3

Institution

CERIAS

Key alpha

Spafford

School

Purdue University

Publication Date

2009-01-01

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