Keynote Address – Experience Is The Best Teacher

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Presented at 8th USENIX Security Symposium 1999 by

Peter Neumann

Everyone involved in information security and overall system survivability can learn more from the historical evolution of computer operating systems, distributed systems, databases, networks, and the associated risks. Yet, somehow the most valuable would-be lessons from the past keep getting lost. Consequently, our "generally accepted'" principles are sub-optimal without an understanding of their deeper implications. However, our understanding of experience may also be flaky in the absence of guiding principles. This talk considers some of the lost horizons and assesses why the advancement of the state of the art in security has been so difficult.