DocumentCode
869427
Title
Building secure software: better than protecting bad software
Author
McGraw, Gary
Volume
19
Issue
6
fYear
2002
Firstpage
57
Lastpage
58
Abstract
Software is the biggest problem in computer security today. Most organizations invest in security by buying and maintaining a firewall, but they go on to let anybody access multiple Internet-enabled applications through that firewall. These applications are often remotely exploitable, rendering the firewall impotent (not to mention the fact that the firewall is often a piece of fallible software itself). Real attackers exploit software.
Keywords
authorisation; computer crime; Internet-enabled applications; computer security; fallible software; firewall; secure software; Application software; Buildings; Computer languages; Computer security; Fasteners; Filtering; Protection; Software design; Software systems; Software testing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Software, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7459
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MS.2002.1049391
Filename
1049391
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