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Vulnerability Trends: Measuring Progress

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Author(s)

David R. Kuhn, Christopher S. Johnson

Abstract

What is the state of security engineering today? Are we as an industry making progress? What are prospects for the future? To address these questions we analyze data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD).
Citation
IT Professional (IEEE)
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2010.116

Keywords

computer security, information technology, National Vulnerability Database, privacy, software vulnerabilities
Cybersecurity and privacy

Citation

Kuhn, D. and Johnson, C. (2010), Vulnerability Trends: Measuring Progress, IT Professional (IEEE), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2010.116 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created July 19, 2010, Updated November 10, 2018
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