The state of embedded-device security (Spoiler Alert: It's Bad)

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 68-70

  Viega, John ^a   Thompson, Hugh ^a  

^a Perimeter E Security ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer security; Embedded devices; Embedded systems; Embedded device security; SCADA; Stuxnet

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED DEVICE; EMBEDDED-DEVICE SECURITY; INDUSTRY NEEDS; SCADA; STUXNET;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84867570235     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2012.134     Document Type: Article

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