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Combinatorial Security Testing—10 Years Later

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Dimitris Simos, Manuel Leithner, David Kuhn, Bernhard Garn, Raghu Kacker, Y Lei

Abstract

Ten years ago, we introduced a research program applying high strength combinatorial test methods to vulnerability and fault detection for cybersecurity. This article discusses advances in the field and where these methods may be effective for today's complex security problems.
Citation
IEEE Security & Privacy
Volume
24
Issue
2

Keywords

computer security, software testing, combinatorial testing, fault detection

Citation

Simos, D. , Leithner, M. , Kuhn, D. , Garn, B. , Kacker, R. and Lei, Y. (2026), Combinatorial Security Testing—10 Years Later, IEEE Security & Privacy, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MSEC.2026.3658259, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=961323 (Accessed July 3, 2026)
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Created February 12, 2026, Updated July 2, 2026
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