One of the goals of DTRAP is to bridge the gap between researchers and practitioners. Accomplishing this is a difficult task, I’ve talked about problems in the medical field before.
This time I’m going to talk about something different. This paper
Ferguson, Jennifer L. “Putting the “what works” research into practice: An organizational perspective.” Criminal Justice and Behavior 29.4 (2002): 472-492.
mentions a topic that I think is very interesting and applies to the research and practice of Digital Threats.
In the paper, the author says:
The lack of attention to the practical implementation of what works is problematic for organizations that wish to engage in effective correctional services.
I think that quote is not just applicable to Criminal Justice but to Digital Threats as well.
For example, suppose I design a new method for detecting malware on IoT devices. My method is 99.999% effective but requires that each IoT device runs a separate process for the malware detection.
There are problems with this. First, most IoT devices don’t have update paths.
This new method won’t be applicable to old IoT devices. Secondly, most IoT devices are minimalistic. Running an additional process for malware detection may be more than these devices can handle.
My paper that discusses the new method for detecting malware can’t just be about my really cool method. It also needs to discuss the problem of the practical implementation in order for it to be a practical result. Otherwise, it is an interesting paper that won’t be implemented due to the problems discussed above.
DTRAP wants to bridge this gap, so we encourage papers with practical solutions. Show us how your amazing result can be used in practice. Submit your work at https://dtrap.acm.org/