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Computer Security Discourse at RAND, SDC, and NSA (1958-1970)

The work

AuthorsThomas J. Misa
Editors
Typearticle
Year2016
Citekeymisa2016computer

Where it appeared

Published inIEEE Annals of the History of Computing
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Volume38
Issue4
Pages12--25

Identifiers

DOI10.1109/mahc.2016.48
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Abstract

The 1967 Spring Joint Computer Conference session organized by Willis Ware and the 1970 Ware Report are widely held by computer security practitioners and historians to have defined the field's origin. This article documents, describes, and assesses new evidence about two early multilevel access, time-sharing systems, SDC's Q-32 and NSA's RYE, and outlines its security-related consequences for both the 1967 SJCC session and 1970 Ware Report. Documentation comes from newly conducted Charles Babbage Institute oral histories, technical literature, archival documents, and recently declassified sources on National Security Agency computing. This evidence shows that early computer security emerged from the intersection of material, cultural, political, and social events and forces.

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@article{misa2016computer,
  title        = {Computer Security Discourse at RAND, SDC, and NSA (1958-1970)},
  author       = {Thomas J. Misa},
  year         = {2016},
  journal      = {IEEE Annals of the History of Computing},
  publisher    = {Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers},
  volume       = {38},
  number       = {4},
  pages        = {12--25},
  doi          = {10.1109/mahc.2016.48},
}

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