DocumentCode
2849983
Title
Software Security
Author
Wing, Jeannette M.
Author_Institution
Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh
fYear
2007
fDate
6-8 June 2007
Firstpage
21
Lastpage
21
Abstract
Security vulnerabilities are increasingly due to software. While we focus much of our attention today on code-level vulnerabilities, such as buffer overflows, we should be paying more attention to design-level vulnerabilities. Independently designed and implemented components may individually behave properly, but when put together, unanticipated interactions may occur. An unanticipated interaction between two software components is an opportunity for an attacker to exploit.
Keywords
process algebra; security of data; software metrics; algebra; buffer overflows; security metrics; security policy composition; security vulnerabilities; software security; Algebra; Application software; Buffer overflow; Computer science; Computer security; Petri nets; Protection; Software measurement; Software systems; Writing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering, 2007. TASE '07. First Joint IEEE/IFIP Symposium on
Conference_Location
Shanghai
Print_ISBN
978-0-7695-2856-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/TASE.2007.45
Filename
4239944
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