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This brief update describes research on the maintenance of integrity in information systems via the establishment of an organisational environment that will prevent the damage caused by external agents. The main focus is on the development of information security metrics and a computer simulation model for the threat of computer viruses in organisations. Early results from this research project were presented at the IFIP TC11 Working Group 11.5’s Second Working Conference on Integrity and Internal Control in Information Systems (Mon and Gove, 1998). This brief update summarizes subsequent work conducted by a team comprising Science Applications International Corporation, Science Communication Studies and the Towson University Applied Mathematics Laboratory (SAIC 1999a, 1999b).
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Aron, J.L., Gove, R.A. (2000). Application of Models from Epidemiology to Metrics for Computer Virus Risk — A Brief Update. In: van Biene-Hershey, M.E., Strous, L. (eds) Integrity and Internal Control in Information Systems. IICIS 1999. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 37. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35501-6_13
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