This paper critically surveys previous work on quantitative representation and analysis of
security. Such quantified security has been presented as a general approach to precisely …

This paper addresses feasibility of vulnerabilities present in the software. Vulnerabilities
present in such software represent significant security risks. For Windows 98 and Windows …

One of the key benefits of using intrusion‐tolerant systems is the possibility of ensuring
correct behavior in the presence of attacks and intrusions. These security gains are directly …

Today, organizations must deal with a plethora of IT security threats and to ensure smooth
and uninterrupted business operations, firms are challenged to predict the volume of IT …

Predicting software vulnerability discovery trends can help improve secure deployment of
software applications and facilitate backup provisioning, disaster recovery, diversity …

Presence of vulnerabilities in any software can pose serious risk to majority of users of that
software, especially in web browsers or operating systems. The assertion that a software is …

Vulnerability discovery models (VDMs) operate on known vulnerability data to estimate the
total number of vulnerabilities that will be reported after a software is released. VDMs have …

Security vulnerability prediction models allow estimation of the number of potential
vulnerabilities and evaluation of the risks caused by these vulnerabilities. In particular, for …

Vulnerability discovery models allow prediction of the number of vulnerabilities that are likely
to be discovered in the future. Hence, they allow the vendors and the end users to manage …

In this article, we investigate a fundamental question regarding software security: Is the
security of SW releases increasing over time? We approach this question with a detailed …