DocumentCode
2857925
Title
We need assurance! [assurance of computing quality, reliability, and safety]
Author
Snow, Brian
Author_Institution
U. S. Nat. Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD
fYear
2005
fDate
5-9 Dec. 2005
Lastpage
10
Abstract
When will we be secure? Nobody knows for sure - but it cannot happen before commercial security products and services possess not only enough functionality to satisfy customers´ stated needs, but also sufficient assurance of quality, reliability, safety, and appropriateness for use. Such assurances are lacking in most of today´s commercial security products and services. The author discusses paths to better assurance in operating systems, applications, and hardware through better development environments, requirements definition, systems engineering, quality certification, and legal/regulatory constraints. The author also gave some examples
Keywords
quality assurance; security of data; software quality; commercial security product; commercial security service; customer satisfaction; hardware application; operating system; quality assurance; quality certification; system development environment; system requirements definition; systems engineering;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer Security Applications Conference, 21st Annual
Conference_Location
Tucson, AZ
ISSN
1063-9527
Print_ISBN
0-7695-2461-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CSAC.2005.63
Filename
1565230
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