The New Security Paradigms Workshop - boom or bust?: a panel

ABSTRACT

Has anything actually been accomplished by the New Security Paradigms Workshop since its inception in 1992? If so, what? This, in a nutshell, was the basis of our panel. We had three high-profile NSPW groupies as panelists: our illustrious founder Hilary Hosmer who gave a passionate ponderment of the past 8 years, a perspective from Mary Ellen Zurko who entered NSPW during the middle of its current lifetime (1996) and has authored many reviews of NSPW for CIPHER, and some punishing comments by Marv Schaefer. I also entered the NSPW community in 1996, and was the panel chair in what was a very interactive panel. We had a view from the early days and a view from the more mature days of the ten year old New Security Paradigms Workshop.What did we find out? Were the past years of NSPW wasted? Or did they result in some of the best ideas to hit the information security field? Or something in between?In either case, where should we go from here?The format of the panel was simple. Each panelist gave a brief presentation with the workshop participating in its usual collegial style, with the panel chair to keep things on track.After the workshop, the original panel charge was revised to reflect and add the comments of the workshop attendees.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.6 MANAGEMENT OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
      K.6.5 Security and Protection (D.4.6, K.4.2)
          Subjects: Unauthorized access (e.g., hacking, phreaking)

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.4 OPERATING SYSTEMS
      D.4.6 Security and Protection
          Subjects: Authentication; Information flow controls

  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.3 Deduction and Theorem Proving
          Subjects: Uncertainty, "fuzzy," and probabilistic reasoning

General Terms:
Management, Security