Homicideware: From Y2K to Modern Cybersecurity Challenges - Keynote

Explore a thought-provoking keynote address that examines the evolution of computer security policy over the past 25 years and its implications for the future. Delve into the parallels between the Y2K response and the Melissa virus, analyzing how these events foreshadowed modern cybersecurity threats. Investigate the staggering financial losses and potential catastrophic impacts on public safety, national security, and critical infrastructure caused by current security incidents. Gain insights into the need to move beyond the "Goldilocks era" of computer security policy and address the challenges posed by an unstable tech economy driven by hype cycles and security "outages." Through original research on engineering catastrophes involving loss of life, discover valuable lessons from historical responses to safety shortfalls that can be applied to computer security. Learn about a proposed framework for a more successful future in cybersecurity, presented through the lens of safety and traditional legal and policy approaches to potentially harmful technologies.