Introduction Quantitative risk analysis is a fundamental concept in computer security and is also one of the first topics introduced in CSCD27 (Computer and Network Security). To summarize, it involves calculating risk exposure for potential threats to a system, by a simple formula: (probability * impact). This allows the risk “manager” to prioritize certain threats […]
Author: Hemant Bhanot
Introduction Homophily, as we learned in the course, is a concept which states that similar individuals tend to stick together and act in similar ways (“birds of a feather flock together”). While making friends in person could be driven by homophily (age, gender, etc.), making connections with people online, whom we have never met is […]