Cyberpandemics: History, Inevitability, Response

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January/February 2009 (vol. 7 no. 1)

pp. 63-67

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	Bret Michael, Jeffrey Voas, Phil Laplante, "Cyberpandemics: History, Inevitability, Response," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 63-67, January/February, 2009.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2009.4, author = {Bret Michael and Jeffrey Voas and Phil Laplante}, title = {Cyberpandemics: History, Inevitability, Response}, journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy}, volume = {7}, number = {1}, issn = {1540-7993}, year = {2009}, pages = {63-67}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.4}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Security and Privacy TI - Cyberpandemics: History, Inevitability, Response IS - 1 SN - 1540-7993 SP63 EP67 EPD - 63-67 A1 - Bret Michael, A1 - Jeffrey Voas, A1 - Phil Laplante, PY - 2009 KW - Cyperpandemics KW - critical infrastructures KW - dependability KW - it all depends KW - reliability VL - 7 JA - IEEE Security and Privacy ER -

Bret Michael, Naval Postgraduate School

Jeffrey Voas, Science Applications International

Phil Laplante, Penn State University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.4

As cyberspace has evolved into a large, dynamic, and tangled web of computing devices, engineers often fail to design in dependability properties—such as stability, robustness, and security—at the system level. Consequently, unintentional and malevolent actions taken in cyberspace have affected critical infrastructures in the physical world. These disturbances and systems' resultant undependable behavior can progress and spread like infectious disease-like cyberpandemics.

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Cyperpandemics, critical infrastructures, dependability, it all depends, reliability

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Bret Michael, Jeffrey Voas, Phil Laplante, "Cyberpandemics: History, Inevitability, Response," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 63-67, Jan./Feb. 2009, doi:10.1109/MSP.2009.4

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