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Author Johnson, Anne Frances, rapporteur.

Title Software update as a mechanism for resilience and security : proceedings of a Workshop
Published Washington, DC : The National Academies Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 83 pages) : color illustrations
Series Forum on Cyber Resilience Workshop Series
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 -- 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 -- Appendix A: Workshop agends and participants list -- Appendix B: Steering Committee biographies -- Appendix C: Speaker biographies
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"--Publisher's description
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (National Academies Press, viewed March 21, 2017)
Subject Cyberspace -- Congresses
Cyberspace -- Security measures -- Congresses
Computer networks -- Security measures.
Computer security.
Form Electronic book
Author Millett, Lynette I., rapporteur.
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Cyber Resilience, issuing body.
Workshop on Software Update (2017 : Washington, D.C.), author.
ISBN 9780309462891
0309462894
Other Titles At head of title: Forum on Cyber Resilience workshop series