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40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07)
Big Island, Hawaii
January 03-January 06
ISBN: 0-7695-2755-8
Jaziar Radianti, Agder University College, Norway
Jose J. Gonzalez, Agder University College, Norway
It has been discovered recently that there is a "black market" for software vulnerabilities. Criminals and terrorists can launch exploits toward organizations before system administrators have had a chance to apply a corrective patch. To counteract this threat, software vendors and security companies have been establishing a legitimate market for software vulnerabilities; they offer rewards for software bugs reported. To explain the basic traits of this phenomenon, we develop a system dynamics model showing the growth of the vulnerability black market. A simple conceptual model is developed and some simulations using the model are implemented to learn whether the attempt to legalize the vulnerability market helps to reduce the vulnerability information circulating in the black market.
Index Terms:
Information Security, Software Vulnerability, System Dynamics, Vulnerability Black Market, Integrated Operations.
Citation:
Jaziar Radianti, Jose J. Gonzalez, "Understanding Hidden Information Security Threats: The Vulnerability Black Market," hicss, pp.156c, 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'07), 2007
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