# Doing Science with Near Misses

DevFeed: [Doing Science with Near Misses](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/doing-science-with-near-misses-36763.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shostack.org/blog/doing-science-with-near-misses/>)

Author: Adam

Published: 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Shostack & Friends Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shostack-friends-blog.md>)

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>)

Tags: [aviation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aviation.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [reporting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reporting.md>)

## AI overview

The article argues that cybersecurity should learn from near misses, drawing on aviation's approach to accident prevention. It describes a presentation and invites voluntary reporting of cybersecurity near misses to support learning and system protection.

## Source excerpt

Near misses are an important source of information for avoiding accidents, and it's a shame we don't use them in cybersecurity.