Arbitrary Albatross - Neutral Names for Vulnerabilities at Volume

Explore the concept of neutral vulnerability naming in this BSidesLV conference talk. Delve into the challenges of creating memorable, non-branded names for security vulnerabilities at scale. Learn about various naming approaches, including storm names, numbers, and language considerations. Examine mathematical methods for generating names, such as modulus and number theory. Discuss the impact of naming on recall, branding, and public perception. Analyze case studies like Heartbleed and Dirty Cow. Consider the usefulness of neutral naming systems and their potential implementation in CVE processes. Engage with questions about linguistic challenges, modern CVE issues, and practical solutions for large-scale vulnerability naming.

Introduction
Vulnerability Names
Senate Commerce Committee
Recall and Memory
Storm Names
Numbers
Branding
RAM
Naming Vulnerabilities
Language
Red Dog
Expert
Similarity
Solutions
The Problem
Microsoft Word
Corpus
Word Lists
Testing
Negative
Positive Negative
The Math
Method 1 Modulus
Method 2 Number Theory
Math Equation
XKCD
Functions
Math
Spectre
Happy Words
Experiment
Heartbleed
Im Right
Dirty Cow
Division
Black Thought
Is this useful
Questions
Who considered Limousine
How you dealt with like words
Or if like words would be
One thing I did right
PowerPoint Karaoke
Most Fun Project Ever
Omen Dictionary
CBE
Usefulness
Naming
Year
Value
Family name
Year name
Animal names
NLP problem
Emergency bus
Serious exploits
Thelbert map
Is there an issue with modernday CVEs
How do I solve that problem
GWF space