Add to ORKGIn this work, we briefly introduce and discuss some of the diversity measures used in Ecology. After a succinct description and analysis of the most relevant ones, we single out the Shannon-Weiner index. We justify why it is the most informative and relevant one for measuring software diversity. Then, we show how it can be used for effectively assessing the diversity of various real software ecosystems. We discover in the process a frequently overlooked software monopoly, and its key security implications. We finally extract some conclusions from the results obtained, focusing mostly on their security implications.
To better control IT security in software engineering and IT management, we need to assess security ...
Diversity indices, particularly the Shannon-Wiener index, have extensively been used in analyzing pa...
<p>The Shannon diversity index (<i>H’</i>) was calculated based on the genus-level classification ta...
Although many have recognized that software monocultures are a major impediment to improving securit...
Diversity is an important and valuable concept that has been adopted in many fields to reduce correl...
There is a lack of empirical evidence on software ecosystem health metrics, and a need for operation...
Early experiments with software diversity in the mid 1970's investigated N-version programming and r...
Early experiments with software diversity in the mid 1970’s investigated N-version programming and r...
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Abstract—The idea of automatic software diversity is at least two decades old. The deficiencies of c...
Abstract—The idea of automatic software diversity is at least two decades old. The deficiencies of c...
With the increasing use of software products, software ecosystems have emerged. Software ecosystems ...
Abstract—The software monoculture favors attackers over defenders, since it makes all target environ...
The best efforts of the computer security community have not eliminated software with hidden attacka...
Cyber crime is a significant threat to modern society that will continue to grow as technology is in...
To better control IT security in software engineering and IT management, we need to assess security ...
Diversity indices, particularly the Shannon-Wiener index, have extensively been used in analyzing pa...
<p>The Shannon diversity index (<i>H’</i>) was calculated based on the genus-level classification ta...
Although many have recognized that software monocultures are a major impediment to improving securit...
Diversity is an important and valuable concept that has been adopted in many fields to reduce correl...
There is a lack of empirical evidence on software ecosystem health metrics, and a need for operation...
Early experiments with software diversity in the mid 1970's investigated N-version programming and r...
Early experiments with software diversity in the mid 1970’s investigated N-version programming and r...
Due to copyright restrictions, the access to the full text of this article is only available via sub...
Abstract—The idea of automatic software diversity is at least two decades old. The deficiencies of c...
Abstract—The idea of automatic software diversity is at least two decades old. The deficiencies of c...
With the increasing use of software products, software ecosystems have emerged. Software ecosystems ...
Abstract—The software monoculture favors attackers over defenders, since it makes all target environ...
The best efforts of the computer security community have not eliminated software with hidden attacka...
Cyber crime is a significant threat to modern society that will continue to grow as technology is in...
To better control IT security in software engineering and IT management, we need to assess security ...
Diversity indices, particularly the Shannon-Wiener index, have extensively been used in analyzing pa...
<p>The Shannon diversity index (<i>H’</i>) was calculated based on the genus-level classification ta...