Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Software Engineering Institute
CMU/SEI Report Number
CMU/SEI-97-SR-003DOI (Digital Object Identifier)
10.1184/R1/6583157.v1Abstract
This report was submitted to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection for their consideration. Based on the experience of the CERT Coordination Center, we identify threats to and vulnerabilities of the Internet and estimate the cascade effect that a successful, sustained attack on the Internet would have on the critical national infrastructures set out in Executive Order 13010. Finally, we discuss the implications for public policy and make specific recommendations.
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Ellis, J., Fisher, D., Longstaff, T., Pesante, L., & Pethia, R. (1997, January 1). Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. (SEI Report CMU/SEI-97-SR-003). Retrieved August 19, 2026, from https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6583157.v1.
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author={Ellis, James and Fisher, David and Longstaff, Thomas and Pesante, Linda and Pethia, Richard},
title={Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection},
month={Jan},
year={1997},
number={{CMU/SEI-97-SR-003},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
doi={10.1184/R1/6583157.v1},
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Ellis, James, David Fisher, Thomas Longstaff, Linda Pesante, and Richard Pethia. "Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection." (CMU/SEI-97-SR-003). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, January 1, 1997. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6583157.v1.
J. Ellis, D. Fisher, T. Longstaff, L. Pesante, and R. Pethia, "Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, SEI Report CMU/SEI-97-SR-003, 1-Jan-1997 [Online]. Available: https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6583157.v1. [Accessed: 19-Aug-2026].
Ellis, James, David Fisher, Thomas Longstaff, Linda Pesante, and Richard Pethia. "Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection." (SEI Report CMU/SEI-97-SR-003). Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 1 Jan. 1997. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6583157.v1. Accessed 19 Aug. 2026.
Ellis, James; Fisher, David; Longstaff, Thomas; Pesante, Linda; & Pethia, Richard. Report to the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection. CMU/SEI-97-SR-003. Software Engineering Institute. 1997. DOI: 10.1184/R1/6583157.v1. https://doi.org/10.1184/R1/6583157.v1