Where do most vulnerabilities occur in software? Our Vulture tool automatically mines
existing vulnerability databases and version archives to map past vulnerabilities to …

In this work we examine the feasibility of quantitatively characterizing some aspects of
security. In particular, we investigate if it is possible to predict the number of vulnerabilities …

Safety critical systems progressively used in domains such as nuclear power, transport,
medical and information systems are often concerned with a formal process of dependability …

The authors use an enhanced analysis feature set consisting of both instantaneous and
transitional spectral information and test the hidden-Markov-model (HMM)-based connected …

The interconnectivity of modern and legacy supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA) systems with corporate networks and the Internet has significantly increased the …

Security vulnerabilities in servers and operating systems are software defects that represent
great risks. Both software developers and users are struggling to contain the risk posed by …

The growing number of software security vulnerabilities is an ever-increasing challenge for
organizations. As security managers in the industry have to operate within limited budgets …

Data sharing between different organizations is critical in supporting decision making in civil
infrastructure engineering projects (eg, transportation projects). Understanding the …

In recent years, to help developers reduce time and effort required to build highly secure
software, a number of prediction models which are built on different kinds of features have …

Assessing and predicting the complex concept of software quality is still challenging in
practice as well as research. Activity-based quality models break down this complex concept …