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Kernel Security

Kernel Security is a foundational component of operating system security that specifically governs the protection mechanisms and policies enforcing integrity, confidentiality, and access control within the kernel, distinguishing it from broader system-level security by its exclusive focus on privileged-mode execution, core resource abstraction, and isolation primitives.

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571

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180

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2017–2026

33

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Publications

206

SecVisor

Arvind Seshadri, Mark Luk, Ning Qu et al. · 2007 · 632 citations

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Integrating Flexible Support for Security Policies into the Linux Operating System

Peter Loscocco, Stephen Smalley · 2001 · 528 citations

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A security enforcement kernel for OpenFlow networks

Philip Porras, Seungwon Shin, Vinod Yegneswaran et al. · 2012 · 525 citations · Full text

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Safe kernel extensions without run-time checking

George C. Necula, Peter Lee · 1996 · 506 citations

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Making information flow explicit in HiStar

Nickolai Zeldovich, Silas Boyd-Wickizer, Eddie Kohler et al. · Operating Systems Design and Implementation · 2006 · 424 citations

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Authors

571

  1. TJ
    Trent Jaeger

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    8 publications · 308 citations

    8

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  2. GJ
    Gerald J. Popek

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    6 publications · 260 citations

    6

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  3. SS
    Stephen Smalley

    5 publications · 1.3K citations

    5

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  4. PL
    Peter Loscocco

    National Security Agency, United States

    4 publications · 994 citations

    4

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  5. PA
    Paul A. Karger

    IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center, United States

    4 publications · 377 citations

    4

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Institutions

180

  1. IBM (United States)

    Armonk, United States

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    911 citations

  2. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    761 citations

  3. Digital Wave (United States)

    Centennial, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. IBM Research - Thomas J. Watson Research Center

    Yorktown Heights, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    500 citations

  5. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    5 h-index

    19 publications

    1.2K citations

  7. Data61

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    18 publications

    2.1K citations

  8. Virginia Tech

    Blacksburg, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    172 citations

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Venues

  1. ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review

    9 publications · 642 citations

    9

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  2. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

    TSE · 4 publications · 282 citations

    4

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  3. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing

    TDSC · 3 publications · 57 citations

    3

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  4. Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)

    Repository · 3 publications · 292 citations

    3

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  5. ACM Transactions on Information and System Security

    TISSEC · 3 publications · 212 citations

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