syssec_red_book

PrefaceAfter the completion of its second year of operation, the SysSecNetwork of Excellence produced this “Red Book of Cybersecurity”to serve as a Roadmap in the area of Systems Security. To realizethis book, SysSec put together a “Task Force” of top-level young researchersin the area steered by the advice of SysSec WorkPackage Leaders. The TaskForce had vibrant consultations (i) with the Working Groups of SysSec, (ii)with the Associated members of SysSec, and (iii) with the broader SystemsSecurity Community. Capturing their feedback in an on-line questionnaire andin forward-looking “what if” questions, the Task Force was able to distill theirknowledge, their concerns, and their vision for the future.The result of this consultation has been captured in this Red Book whichwe hope will serve as a Road Map of Systems Security Research and as anadvisory document for policy makers and researchers who would like to have animpact on the Security of the Future Internet.How to Read this BookPolicy Makers may want to focus on Chapter 1 at page 3 which provides ashort Executive Summary of the book and on Chapter 14 in page 103which describes Grand Challenge Research Problems in the area whichcan be solved only with the collaboration of several Research Organizationsand the support of leading funding Agencies. Related work may befound in the second part of the book in page 107, which provides a goodoverview of other Research Roadmaps from Europe and from the States.Young Researchers who are interested in doing a Ph.D. in systems securityshould read the first part of the book, and especially the final section ofeach chapter, which describes problems that are appropriate to be solvedwithin the context of a Ph.D. thesis.Experienced Researchers may want to focus on the first part of the book,which provides an in-depth treatment of various research problems andin Chapter 14 in page 103, which describes Grand Challenge ResearchProblems in the area.