The Future of Cyber Security
Eugene H. Spafford Purdue University CERIAS
My Presentation
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Questions
Audience Response System
Please pick up your keypad.
Open vs. proprietary: Which is inherently more secure?
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1. Open source 2. Proprietary source
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3. Neither
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Computer malware: Pretty much every kind of computer system is equally vulnerable to computer viruses.
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1. True 2. False
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Is your security posture…
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1. Better than 3 years ago 2. Worse than 3 years ago 3. About the same as 3 years ago
(Include the level of threat, the level of protection in place, and the value of assets) 0/0
30%
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Which worries you most?
1. Increasing complexity of systems 2. Increasing use of portable computing 3. Increasing globalization
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4. Increasingly restrictive IP laws
5. All of the above
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6. None of the above
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Thinking of the Future
How much money do you think the Federal Government is investing in basic cybersecurity research? $50 million per year $250 million per year
$600 million per year
$1.5 billion per year
Which worries you most?
1. Increasing complexity of systems 2. Increasing use of portable computing 3. Increasing globalization
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4. Increasingly restrictive IP laws
5. All of the above
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6. None of the above
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Which will be most important in the next few years?
1. Auditability 2. Privacy 3. Patch management 4. Usability 5. Forensics
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Conclusion
Thank you for your attention and your participation
For more information on what the 60+ faculty at CERIAS are up to, see:
http://www.cerias.purdue.edu
Mr. Spafford will be available for questions before lunch.