Peter Mell

Publications

Understanding Stablecoin Technology and Related Security Considerations

September 5, 2023

Author(s)

Peter Mell, Dylan Yaga

Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies whose price is pegged to that of another asset (typically one with low price volatility). The market for stablecoins has grown

Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines

May 24, 2023

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer, Peter Mell, Hung Trinh, Isabel Van Wyk

Receiving reports on suspected security vulnerabilities in information systems is one of the best ways for developers and services to become aware of issues

Empirical Validation of Automated Vulnerability Curation and Characterization

February 28, 2023

Author(s)

Ahmet Okutan, Peter Mell, Medhi Mirakhorli, Igor Khokhlov, Joanna Santos, Danielle Gonzalez, Steven Simmons

Prior research has shown that public vulnerability systems such as US National Vulnerability Database (NVD) rely on a manual, time-consuming, and error-prone

The Generation of Software Security Scoring Systems Leveraging Human Expert Opinion

November 18, 2022

Author(s)

Peter Mell

While the existence of many security elements can be measured (e.g., vulnerabilities, security controls, or privacy controls), it is challenging to measure

Measuring the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Base Score Equation

November 15, 2022

Author(s)

Peter Mell, Jonathan Spring, Dave Dugal, Srividya Ananthakrishna, Francesco Casotto, Troy Fridley, Christopher Ganas, Arkadeep Kundu, Phillip Nordwall, Vijayamurugan Pushpanathan, Daniel Sommerfeld, Matt Tesauro, Christopher Turner

This work evaluates the validity of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Version 3 ''base score'' equation in capturing the expert opinion of its

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Peter Mell (Fed)

Computer Scientist

Publications

Understanding Stablecoin Technology and Related Security Considerations

Recommendations for Federal Vulnerability Disclosure Guidelines

Empirical Validation of Automated Vulnerability Curation and Characterization

The Generation of Software Security Scoring Systems Leveraging Human Expert Opinion

Measuring the Common Vulnerability Scoring System Base Score Equation