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Message-ID: <253e13910703152146m29e10172w64aac611b5c54739@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 10:16:26 +0530
From: "Hakuna Matata" <narender.hooda@...il.com>
To: "Gadi Evron" <ge@...uxbox.org>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Tel Aviv University Security Forum - 18th of
March
is there any English version of this site available
--Hakuna
On 3/16/07, Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org> wrote:
> TAUSEC - The Security Forum, hosted by Tel-Aviv University, next meeting
> will take place on: Sunday, March 18, at 18:30.
>
> Location: Tel-Aviv University, Lev Auditorium
> Map: http://www2.tau.ac.il/map/unimapl1.asp
>
> Attendance is free, light refreshments will be served
>
> Schedule:
> ---------
> 18:30 - A taxonomy & tool for automated vulnerability chaining and path
> discovery Topic Synopsis
> - Toby Kohlenberg
>
> Level: Technical/High
> Language: English
>
> Abstract:
>
> -----------------
>
> Vulnerabilities are occurring with increasing frequency and the
> resources required to manage mitigation are increasing in parallel.
>
> Unfortunately, current best practices still evaluate the majority of
> vulnerabilities as unique unrelated events. This method of evaluation is
> an understandable choice but does not accurately reflect how the
> vulnerabilities may be used by attackers. In this project we attempted
> to find a way to evaluate combinations of vulnerabilities in an
> automated fashion.
>
> We created a taxonomy that allows us to describe vulnerabilities and
> their connections to each other. We then used these descriptions to
> create a graph showing the interconnections between the vulnerabilities
> and used that to find pathways to complete system compromise.
>
> The system we used to judge the effectiveness of this approach is a
> feature rich web application which allows a user to quickly and easily
> describe a vulnerability and its interactions and then explore its
> relationship to other vulnerabilities.
>
> -----------------
>
>
> Sicne the lecture begins late, we will have only one speaker.
>
> More details and past lectures can be seen at:
> http://www.cs.tau.ac.il/tausec/
>
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