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Crowdsourcing security: opportunities and challenges

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CHASE '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

Pages 37 - 40

https://doi.org/10.1145/3195836.3195862

Published: 27 May 2018 Publication History

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With improved digital literacy and cheaper data connections, crowdsourcing has become more prevalent. Crowdsourcing tasks such as image tagging, language translation, etc. have contributors with varied skill level. Question and answers, software development/testing and product design are more serious tasks and require expert contributions. With increasing security threats, crowdsourcing in 'security' domain is seen as an upcoming trend. In the survey, opportunities and challenges in crowdsourcing security are analyzed based on a survey conducted with 229 participants. The results provide insights on motivation, quality mechanisms and improvement areas for increased participation. 'Question and Answers' that includes information sharing and 'software development and testing' that includes Bug Bounty are identified as top crowdsourcing tasks by security specialists although they are concerned about security and privacy of information. Among quality attributes analyzed, contributor 'credibility' is identified as a key area of improvement for increased participation in crowdsourcing.

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Crowdsourcing security: opportunities and challenges
1. Information systems
  1. World Wide Web
    1. Web applications
      1. Crowdsourcing

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CHASE '18: Proceedings of the 11th International Workshop on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering

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DOI:10.1145/3195836

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Khan ANazir S(2022)A Road Map Toward Crowdsourcing Actors, Platforms and Applications, a Review-Based StudyProceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications10.1007/978-981-16-7618-5_31(355-364)Online publication date: 21-Apr-2022
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O’Hare JShepherd L(2022)Developing a Gamified Peer-Reviewed Bug Bounty ProgrammeHCI International 2022 Posters10.1007/978-3-031-06394-7_65(514-522)Online publication date: 16-Jun-2022
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