http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/ANY/LessonsLearned
http://www.confickerworkinggroup.org/wiki/uploads/Conficker_Working_Group_Lessons_Learned_17_June_2010_final.pdf
The Conficker Working Group Lessons Learned Document
Starting in late 2008, and continuing through June of 2010, a coalition of
security researchers worked to resist an Internet borne attack carried out by
malicious software known as Conficker. This coalition became known as “The
Conficker Working Group”,
and seemed to be successful in a number of ways, not the least of which was
unprecedented cooperation between organizations and individuals around the
world, in both the public and private sectors.
In 2009, The Department of Homeland Security funded a project to develop and
produce a “Lessons Learned” document that could serve as a permanent record of
the events surrounding the creation and operation of the working group so that
it could be used as
an exemplar upon which similar groups in the future could build. This is the
document.
The Rendon Group conducted the research independently, and although a number of
members of the Conficker Working Group were interviewed, and provided
information to the authors, the report is the sole work product of the Rendon
Group. The views and
conclusions are not necessarily those of the Conficker Working Group, or any of
its official or unofficial members. Nonetheless the Core Committee of the
Conficker Working Group believes the report has substantial value and is
pleased to provide access to
the Rendon document via the Conficker Working Group Website.
Rodney Joffe
Chair
Conficker Working Group
Follow up questions can be directed to the Rendon Group at the address below,
as well as the following members of the Conficker Working Group Core Committee:
* The Rendon Group
* Phone: +1 202-745-4900
* [email protected]
Conficker Working Group Core Committee:
The ShadowServer Foundation
* Andre' M. DiMino
* Co-Founder and Director
* Phone: +1 914-410-6480
* Email: [email protected]
Neustar, Inc
* Rodney Joffe
* Senior Vice President
* Phone: +1 202-533-2900
* Email: [email protected]
Verisign, Inc.
* Ramses Martinez
* Director of Information Security
* Phone: +1 571-723-1874
* Email: [email protected]
Arbor Networks
* Kevin Whalen
* [email protected]
* Phone: +1 978-852-8432
Internet Software Consortium
* Barry Greene
* President
* Phone: +1 650-423-1311
* Email: [email protected]
