The Forum on Cyber Resilience of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted the Workshop on Recoverability as a First-Class Security Objective on February 8, 2018, in Washington, D.C. The workshop featured presentations from several experts in industry, research, and government roles who spoke about the complex facets of recoverability—that is, the ability to restore normal operations and security in a system affected by software or hardware failure or a deliberate attack. This publication summarizes the presentations and discussions from the workshop.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
1 Introduction and Framing
2 Summary of Workshop Presentations
3 Closing Observations and Discussion
Appendixes
Appendix A: Workshop Agenda and Participants List
Appendix B: Steering Committee Biographies
Appendix C: Speaker Biographies