Agile Research for Cybersecurity: Creating Authoritative, Actionable Knowledge When Speed Matters

Linger, Richard C.; Goldrich, Luanne; Bishop, Matt; Dark, Melissa

doi:10.24251/hicss.2017.723

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“…As a result, conventional methods to IT security may not work. Agile techniques offer a framework for quick reaction in a dynamic environment [96,111,114]. As agile practices are used to enhance quality according to their short iterations and rapid releases, they can also improve IT security due to their adoption [71,89,113].…”

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Agile Approaches for Cybersecurity Systems, IoT and Intelligent Transportation

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To adapt to the rapidly increasing vulnerabilities in software products and cyber threats that exploit them, security professionals are actively working with software developers to produce more secure systems. In software development, agile methods are increasingly adopted in critical software projects where security risks are prominent challenges. This adoption stems from the fact that agile methods are highly iterative and support delivering services and products in smaller batches which allows security professionals to seamlessly integrate software development security activities with agile methodologies. In addition, the iterative nature of agile software development encourages frequent inspections, tests, and patching of software systems to mitigate cybersecurity risks and vulnerabilities. Considering the massive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) products, the challenge of software development while addressing the security and safety concerns of these devices will continue to increase. This paper presents a comprehensive and detailed review of agile software development in the context of IoT, ITS, and their cybersecurity and risk challenges. Furthermore, we provide a systematic comparison of the reviewed literature based on a set of defined criteria. Finally, we provide a broader outlook and an outline for designing future security-enhanced agile software development solutions for IoT and ITS systems.

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“…The Agile Research process [5,6] was developed to address the need for fast and effective researcher participation in situations where speed is an overarching requirement. When attempts have been made to apply traditional methods in these situations, the research results are often too late to be of use in the current cybersecurity event, and wind up sitting on a shelf, unused and forgotten.…”

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“…Sponsors and researchers may be in the same or different organizations, and may be organized in any number of ways provided the following principles are satisfied [5,6].…”

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Realism in Teaching Cybersecurity Research: The Agile Research Process

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Information Security Education Across the Curriculum

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Abstract. As global threats to information systems continue to increase, the value of effective cybersecurity research has never been greater. There is a pressing need to educate future researchers about the research process itself, which is increasingly unpredictable, multi-disciplinary, multiorganizational, and team-oriented. In addition, there is a growing demand for cybersecurity research that can produce fast, authoritative, and actionable results. In short, speed matters. Organizations conducting cyber defense can benefit from the knowledge and experience of the best minds in order to make effective decisions in difficult and fast moving situations. The Agile Research process is a new approach to provide such rapid, authoritative, applied research. It is designed to be fast, transparent, and iterative, with each iteration producing results that can be applied quickly. Purdue University is employing Agile Research as a teaching vehicle in an innovative, multi-university graduate program with government sponsor participation, as described in this paper. Because it simulates real-world operations and processes, this program is equipping students to become effective contributors to cybersecurity research.

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Application of agile to distance-learning professional doctorate programmes: A conceptual model

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2022

Innovations in Education and Teaching International

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Agile Research for Cybersecurity: Creating Authoritative, Actionable Knowledge When Speed Matters

Abstract: Securing information systems from attack and compromise is a problem of massive

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Agile Approaches for Cybersecurity Systems, IoT and Intelligent Transportation

Agile Approaches for Cybersecurity Systems, IoT and Intelligent Transportation

Realism in Teaching Cybersecurity Research: The Agile Research Process

Application of agile to distance-learning professional doctorate programmes: A conceptual model

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