Attacks and countermeasures in system security

Author

Tsai, J.J.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Chicago, IL

fYear

2004

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

3

Abstract

Summary form only given. With rapid growth of networking, in particular the Internet, a large variety of information could be accessed by different users all over the world through a number of software systems. However, the development of corresponding security mechanisms does not parallel with the development of the networks and software systems. Many attacks occur and cause big losses. According to ZDNet Security News dated January 2004, "computer virus attacks cost global businesses an estimated $55 billion in damages in 2003, a sum that is expected to increase this year." In this talk, the author discusses different types of attacks and countermeasures in software system security. The author also presents some research result on secure mobile agent model and intrusion detection system

Keywords

Internet; computer crime; computer viruses; mobile agents; Internet; computer virus; intrusion detection system; secure mobile agent model; software system security; Computer science; Computer security; Costs; Debugging; IP networks; Information security; Knowledge engineering; Real time systems; Software engineering; Software systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

E-Commerce Technology for Dynamic E-Business, 2004. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2206-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEC-EAST.2004.23

Filename

1388292