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Software update as a mechanism for resilience and security : proceedings of a workshop / Anne Frances Johnson and Lynette I. Millett, rapporteurs.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Conference Name:
- Workshop on Software Update (2017 : Washington, D.C.), author.
- Series:
- Forum on Cyber Resilience Workshop Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cyberspace--Congresses.
- Cyberspace.
- Cyberspace--Security measures--Congresses.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.)--Congresses.
- National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (83 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : The National Academies Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- "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"-- Source other than Library of Congress.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 17, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-309-46291-6
- 0-309-46289-4
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