B.10. Survivability
“Survivability is the ability of a network computing system to provide essential services in the presence of attacks and failures, and recover full services in a timely manner.” [1] The research into survivable systems is interesting because it attempts to move security past the accepted paradigm of building walls and creating passages through those barriers by concentrating on the business functions the system is supposed to support. The following links provide more information:
[1] R. J. Ellison, D. A. Fisher, R. C. Linger, H. F. Lipson, T. Longstaff, N. R. Mead. “Survivable Network Systems: An Emerging Discipline.” Technical Report CMU/SEI-97-TR-013, ESC-TR-97-013. November 1997. Available from Internet: http://www.cert.org/research/97tr013.pdf ...
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