• DocumentCode
    109578
  • Title

    An Anthropological Approach to Studying CSIRTs

  • Author

    Sundaramurthy, Sathya Chandran ; McHugh, Justin ; Ou, Xinming Simon ; Rajagopalan, S. Raj ; Wesch, Michael

  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    Sept.-Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    52
  • Lastpage
    60
  • Abstract
    The ethnographic method of participant observation can help researchers better understand the challenges computer security incident response teams face by illuminating underlying assumptions and tacit practices that shape how tools are actually used in different contexts.
  • Keywords
    computer network security; CSIRT; anthropological approach; computer security incident response teams; ethnographic method; participant observation; tacit practices; Behavioral science; Computer security; Context awareness; Cultural differences; System-on-chip; communication/networking and information technology; computer systems organization; computing milieux; management of computing and information systems; network-level security and protection; security;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSP.2014.84
  • Filename
    6924688