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Media Coverage
October 1, 2004 - September 30, 2005
ADT Magazine
"Tailor-Made
for Applications Development." October
1, 2005
Watts Humphrey, SEI Fellow, is featured in this article about software
development and quality.
IEEE Spectrum
"Why Software Fails."
September 2005
Article about the Capability Maturity Model (CMM) created by the Software
Engineering Institute to help organizations assess and analyze their software
development practices.
Techworld.com
"E-mail
Exposure." August 2005
Legal and security analysts predict that companies that pass viruses and
worms or other types of cyber threats could be held liable for the damage
they cause. Art Manion, an Internet security analyst at the CERT Coordination
Center at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute
is quoted.
The New York Times
"Virus
Attacks Windows Computers at Companies." August 2005
Microsoft Windows computers were recently compromised by a number of digital
worms. “The worms in this case exploit a vulnerability inside computers,
particularly those running Windows 2000. Once in place, the worm can make
an individual computer susceptible to being operated remotely by an intruder”,
said Art Manion, an Internet security analyst with the CERT Coordination
Center.
Federal Computer Week
"CERT: Zotob,
Esbot Not Major Attacks." August 2005
Article about a group of Internet attacks, including the zotob and esbot
worms. Jeff Havrilla, Internet security analyst at CERT, states, “We’re
nowhere near the same scale of activity that occurred when the Blaster
worm leveled computers worldwide in 2003. Blaster affected hundreds of
thousands of unique IP addresses, while the number of addresses affected
by the group of attacks including zotob and esbot has not yet reached
100,000.”
The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
"Carnegie
Mellon Lands $411M DOD Contract." July 2005
Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute has been awarded
a $411 million dollar Department of Defense contract for software research
and development, focusing on the nation’s defense and security.
CNet News
"A
Safe Browser? No Longer in the Lexicon." July 2005
Author, Art Manion (internet security analyst at US-CERT) explains that
attackers are starting to exploit vulnerabilities in alternative browsers.
The article also gives tips on how to keep any browser as safe as possible.
The Washington Post
"Voluntary Disclosure Is the Threat to Password Security."
June 2005
ComputerWorld
"Study: Insider Revenge Often Behind Cyberattacks." May 2005
ERCIM News Online
"Software Engineering Institute Goes International in Software Process
Research." April 2005
SD Magazine
"Agile CMMI: No Oxymoron." March 2005
ComputerWorld
"Sidebar: Comparing Methodologies." March 2005
TechNewsWorld
"Phishing Grows in Severity, Sophistication." March 2005
InfoWorld
"Secure Architecture." March 2005
Datamonitor
"Microsoft: Part of the Process." March 2005
Government Computer News
"Info Sharing Can Be Perilous – Just Ask Energy and DHS."
February 2005
CSO Magazine
"A Long Way to Grow." January 2005
