The Conficker Working Group Lessons Learned Document

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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
    * trginfo () rendon com

Conficker Working Group Core Committee:
The ShadowServer Foundation

    * Andre' M. DiMino
    * Co-Founder and Director
    * Phone: +1 914-410-6480
    * Email: adimino () shadowserver org

Neustar, Inc

    * Rodney Joffe
    * Senior Vice President
    * Phone: +1 202-533-2900
    * Email: rodney.joffe () neustar biz

Verisign, Inc.

    * Ramses Martinez
    * Director of Information Security
    * Phone: +1 571-723-1874
    * Email: ramartinez () verisign com

Arbor Networks

    * Kevin Whalen
    * kwhalen () arbor net
    * Phone: +1 978-852-8432

Internet Software Consortium

    * Barry Greene
    * President
    * Phone: +1 650-423-1311
    * Email: bgreene () isc org