Kephart, J.O.
White, S.R.
Chess, D.M.
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Hawthorne, NY ;
This paper appears in: Spectrum, IEEE
Publication Date: May 1993
Volume: 30,
Issue: 5
On page(s): 20-26
ISSN: 0018-9235
References Cited: 6
CODEN: IEESAM
INSPEC Accession Number: 4447711
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/6.275061
Posted online: 2002-08-06 18:53:50.0
Abstract
Analogies with biological disease with topological considerations
added, which show that the spread of computer viruses can be contained,
and the resulting epidemiological model are examined. The findings of
computer virus epidemiology show that computer viruses are far less rife
than many have claimed, that many fail to thrive, that even successful
viruses spread at nowhere near the exponential rate that some have
claimed, and that centralized reporting and response within an
organization is an extremely effective defense. A case study is
presented, and some steps for companies to take are suggested
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