full-disclosure - Re: Project Chroma: A color code for the state ofcyber security

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Message-ID: <49341071.4050608@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:27:29 -0600
From: rholgstad <rholgstad@...il.com>
To: Mike C <mike.cartall@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, vulcanius <vulcanius@...il.com>
Subject: Re: Project Chroma: A color code for the state
 ofcyber security

and how does making a color based on these inputs protect people?

Mike C wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 4:21 AM, vulcanius <vulcanius@...il.com> wrote:
>   
>> By the way, I also noticed that the new site for your project has the
>> current threat level as yellow. Is it safe to assume that you've already got
>> your metric systems in place and running?
>>
>>     
>
> Yes,
>
> We do have a working framework for color code generation. The inputs
> to this function include
>
> *exploits released in the past week
>   - The severity of the exploit
>   - The application it was in
>   - The language
>   - estimated users of the software
>
> *The previous week's color
>
> *Localized nature of exploits.
>
> We cannot comment more on this until it is refined and standardized.
> If you are (or know) an antivirus vendor, please contact me offline to
> move ahead.
>
>   

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