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The '''RISKS Digest''' or '''Forum On Risks to the Public in Computers and Related Systems''' is an online [[periodical]] published since 1985 by the Committee on Computers and Public Policy of the [[Association for Computing Machinery]]. The editor is [[Peter G. Neumann]].

It is a moderated forum concerned with the security and safety of [[computer]]s, [[software]], and technological systems. Security, and risk, here are taken broadly; RISKS is concerned not merely with so-called [[security hole]]s in software, but with [[unintended consequence]]s and hazards stemming from the design (or lack thereof) of automated systems. Other recurring subjects include [[cryptography]] and the effects of technically ill-considered public policies. RISKS also publishes announcements and Calls for Papers from various technical conferences, and technical book reviews (usually by [[Robert Slade|Rob Slade]], though occasionally by others).

Although RISKS is a forum of a [[computer science]] association, most contributions are readable and informative to anyone with an interest in the subject. It is heavily read by [[system administrator]]s, and [[computer security]] managers, as well as computer scientists and [[engineer]]s.

The RISKS Digest is published on a frequent but irregular schedule through the moderated [[Usenet]] [[newsgroup]] ''[news:comp.risks comp.risks]'', which exists solely to carry the Digest.

Summaries of the forum appear as columns edited by Neumann in the ACM [[SIGSOFT]] ''[[Software Engineering Notes]]'' (SEN) and the ''[[Communications of the ACM]]'' (CACM).

==References==

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==External links==
* [https://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/ RISKS Digest web archive]
* [news:///comp.risks RISKS Digest] (Usenet newsgroup ''comp.risks'')
* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/comp.risks Google groups interface to ''comp.risks'']

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