Water Deficit as a Security Threat

Differential Power Analysis: A Serious Threat to FPGA Security

Differential Power Analysis (DPA) implies measuring the supply current of a cipher-circuit in an attempt to uncover part of a cipher key. Cryptographic security gets compromised if the current waveforms obtained correlate with those from a hypothetical power model of the circuit. As FPGAs are becoming integral parts of embedded systems and increasingly popular for cryptographic applications and...

Threat Modeling as a Basis for Security Requirements

We routinely hear vendors claim that their systems are “secure.” However, without knowing what assumptions are made by the vendor, it is hard to justify such a claim. Prior to claiming the security of a system, it is important to identify the threats to the system in question. Enumerating the threats to a system helps system architects develop realistic and meaningful security requirements. In ...

Knowledge Discovery as a Threat to Database Security

This chapter investigates the affect of knowledge discovery from databases on the security of databases. First, it examines the current concern with database systems for security from knowl­ edge discovery. Second, this chapter discusses some of the potential security risks associated with knowledge discovery. Third, some potential structure for the development of controls for such systems is e...

The biological threat to U.S. water supplies: Toward a national water security policy.

In addition to providing potable drinking water, U.S. water systems are critical to the maintenance of many vital public services, such as fire suppression and power generation. Disruption of these systems would produce severe public health and safety risks, as well as considerable economic losses. Thus, water systems have been designated as critical to national security by the U.S. government....

STABILITY AND SECURITY IN TAJIKISTAN Drug Trafficking as a Threat to National Security