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Subject(s)

• Computer networks—Security measures [Browse]
• Computer security [Browse]

Rapporteur

Millett, Lynette I. [Browse]

Issuing body

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Cyber Resilience [Browse]

• National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Cyber Resilience [Browse]
• Workshop on Software Update (2017 : Washington, D.C.) [Browse]

Summary note

"Software update is an important mechanism by which security changes and improvements are made in software, and this seemingly simple concept encompasses a wide variety of practices, mechanisms, policies, and technologies. To explore the landscape further, the Forum on Cyber Resilience hosted a workshop featuring invited speakers from government, the private sector, and academia. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop"--Publisher's description.

Contents

• Workshop introduction
• Policy considerations: the intersection of public values and private infrastructure
• Technical considerations for secure software updates
• Microsoft's approach to software updates
• Update issues for open-source software
• Cisco's approach to software updates
• Ensuring robust firmware updates
• Updates in the consumer electronics industry
• Software updates in automotive electronic control units
• The NIST perspective on software updates
• Protecting consumers from software update risks
• Discussion
• Afterword
• Appendix A: Workshop agenda and participants list
• Appendix B: Steering committee biographies
• Appendix C: Speaker biographies.

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At head of title

Forum on cyber resilience workshop series

ISBN

• 9780309462884
• 0309462886

OCLC

1008570421

RCP

C - S

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