Far-Sighted Thinking about Deleterious Computer-Related Events.
The author looks at a range of risks and potential negative events related to computer systems, calling for a greater effort to anticipate, prevent, and prepare for them. He discusses potential problems including attacks on the cryptographic systems used for computer security such as public-key cryp...
| Published in: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 58; no. 2; pp. 30 - 34 |
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| Format: | Opinion |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Feb2015
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