The Future of Cyber Security

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The Future of Cyber Security

• Eugene H. Spafford
• Purdue University CERIAS

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My Presentation

• Im not using PowerPoint for this presentation
• Lots of reasons, but for one of the better
  presentations why, see
• http//www.norvig.com/Gettysburg/

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Questions
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Audience Response System

• Please pick up your keypad.

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Open vs. proprietary Which is inherently more
secure?

1. Open source
2. Proprietary source
3. Neither

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Computer malware Pretty much every kind of
computer system is equally vulnerable to computer
viruses.

1. True
2. False

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Is your security posture

1. Better than 3 years ago
2. Worse than 3 years ago
3. About the same as 3 years ago

(Include the level of threat, the level of
protection in place, and the value of assets)
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Which worries you most?

1. Increasing complexity of systems
2. Increasing use of portable computing
3. Increasing globalization
4. Increasingly restrictive IP laws
5. All of the above
6. None of the above

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Thinking of the Future

• How much money do you think the Federal
  Government is investing in basic cybersecurity
  research?
• 50 million per year
• 250 million per year
• 600 million per year
• 1.5 billion per year

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Which worries you most?

1. Increasing complexity of systems
2. Increasing use of portable computing
3. Increasing globalization
4. Increasingly restrictive IP laws
5. All of the above
6. None of the above

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Which will be most important in the next few
years?

1. Auditability
2. Privacy
3. Patch management
4. Usability
5. Forensics

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Conclusion

• Thank you for your attention and your
  participation
• For more information on what the 60 faculty at
  CERIAS are up to, see
• http//www.cerias.purdue.edu

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• Mr. Spafford will be available for questions
  before lunch.