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It Doesn't Have to Be Like This: Cybersecurity Vulnerability Trends

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Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Mohammad Raunak, Raghu N. Kacker

Abstract

In this article, we review trends in cybersecurity vulnerabilities from 2008-2015, analyze vulnerability types and distributions, and prospects for the near future.
Citation
IEEE IT Professional
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2017.4241462

Keywords

cybersecurity, national vulnerability database, vulnerabilities
Information technology

Citation

Kuhn, D. , Raunak, M. and Kacker, R. (2017), It Doesn't Have to Be Like This: Cybersecurity Vulnerability Trends, IEEE IT Professional, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2017.4241462 (Accessed March 3, 2025)

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Created December 22, 2017, Updated November 10, 2018