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Keynotes, Wed, Aug 7, 11:30 - Wed, Aug 7, 12:15 CDT
RING, RING - 1999 called; it wants its computer security policy back.
As we arrive at the 25th anniversary of a successful Y2K response, we also arrive at the anniversary of the Melissa virus – a ...
Keynotes, Wed, Aug 7, 11:30 - Wed, Aug 7, 12:15 CDT
RING, RING - 1999 called; it wants its computer security policy back.
As we arrive at the 25th anniversary of a successful Y2K response, we also arrive at the anniversary of the Melissa virus – a security event that cost an estimated $80 million. In the words of the FBI, Melissa “foreshadowed modern threats”, but a quarter-century later, its core policy and legal security challenges remain unaddressed.
Security incidents now cause billions in financial losses, and have potentially catastrophic impacts on public safety, national security, and critical infrastructure.
It's time to end to the "Goldilocks era" of computer security policy. The 1990's beauty of the baud has now morphed into an unstable “company town” tech economy, too often powered by hype cycles and security “outages” and “glitches.”
Through original research on engineering catastrophes where loss of life resulted, this talk explains how historical responses to safety shortfalls hold lessons for a more successful next quarter century of computer security.
By retelling the story of computer security using the language of safety -- the traditional legal and policy lens for technologies that have the potential to kill or harm -- our Wednesday keynote poses four elements of a more successful future.
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Andrea M. Matwyshyn
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