Computer Attacks: What They Are and How to Defend Against Them

Published

May 26, 1999

Author(s)

Peter M. Mell

Abstract

Although a host of technologies exists to detect and prevent attacks against computers, a human must coordinate responding to a successful network penetration. At the same time, the majority of systems administrators are not prepared to handle a sophisticated attacker. NIST recognizes this problem and is focusing its efforts on enabling system administrators to respond to computer breaches. We focus our recent and future work on three major areas:* The Federal Computer Incident Response Capability (FedCIRC) Pilot,* A guide to create computer security incident response capabilities, and* Statistical sampling and categorization of known computer attacks.

Citation

ITL Bulletin -

NIST Pub Series

ITL Bulletin

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

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Keywords

attacks, computer incident handling, computer incident response, computer incidents, computer security, FedCIRC, incident handling, incident response, statistics

Citation

Mell, P. (1999), Computer Attacks: What They Are and How to Defend Against Them, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=151188 (Accessed December 12, 2024)