Proceedings of the 2012 ACM Workshop on Building analysis datasets and gathering experience returns for security

Abstract

It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 2012 ACM Workshop on Building Analysis Datasets and Gathering Experience Returns for Security -- BADGERS'12. The BADGERS workshop is intended to encourage the development of Internet-scale security-related data collection and analysis initiatives. As such, the workshop is positioned at the confluence of computer security and general purpose large-scale data processing and aims at bringing together researchers, practitioners, system administrators, and security analysts active in the emerging domain of security-related data collection and analysis for Internet-scale computer systems and networks. By giving visibility to existing solutions, the workshop promotes and encourages the better sharing of data and knowledge. I expect that the increasing availability of tools and techniques to process large-scale data (aka "Big Data") will benefit computer security. The call for papers attracted 7 submissions from Asia, Europe, and the United States, each of which received at least three reviews from the program committee. The 4 accepted papers cover a variety of topics, including Internet-wide intrusion detection and vulnerability analysis, probing using darknets, and residential privacy in location-based social networks. In addition, the program includes keynote speeches by Samuel Weber on challenges for Big Data privacy and security and by Peter Mell on Big Data technologies for security research, and two invited talks describing realworld experiences with Big Data in industrial research lab settings. I hope that these proceedings will serve as a valuable reference for security researchers and developers.