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Vulnerability markets

Type
Audio
Tags
vulnerability
Authors
Rainer Böhme
Event
Chaos Communication Congress 22th (22C3) 2005
Indexed on
Mar 27, 2013
URL
http://dewy.fem.tu-ilmenau.de/CCC/22C3/audio/mp3/22C3-801-en-vulnerability_markets.mp3
File name
22C3-801-en-vulnerability_markets.mp3
File size
27.1 MB
MD5
3a880fb99386dc7881d9dcb0985d6dfa
SHA1
81feadfba57cb6bc19089f967b882b583e495560

It is evident that information on vulnerabilities and information security threads is very valuable, but the market for it is neither structured nor liquid. This talk combines examples from real world information security business with academic arguments on the pros and cons of vulnerability markets, including vulnerability sharing circles, bug auctions, remote root derivatives, and cyber-insurance. Would we live in a more secure world if every geek could go and sell his exploit at the market price? How could this market eventually be organised? What are the incentives of market participants and where are dangers for conflicts of interest? Join us on a journey to a hypothetical world where information security is entirely melted into finance so that S&P quotes a daily kernel hardness index …

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