Reverse engineering (RE) skills are in high demand. This study seeks to codify the process of reverse engineering in order to begin reducing the time required to master the art, and to make knowledge transfer more scalable.
Reverse Engineering Cognition
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This paper presents the results of a literature review on the topic of Reverse Engineering Cognition under MITRE’s Internal Research and Development Portfolio. Resource material for this review was gathered by conducting a series of searches for journal articles, conference proceedings and a variety of Internet sources. The paper summarizes what we know today about how reverse engineering of binaries is performed at a cognitive and mechanical level, ties in related areas such as expertise and mental models, and suggests avenues for future research.