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"Bumper sticker" definition of secure software
From: pmeunier at cerias.purdue.edu (Pascal Meunier)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:29:56 -0400
I prefer to define the opposite: "Insecure Software is like a joke, Except others laugh at you" I like it because: -it captures the notion that vulnerabilities, just like jokes, are very often made apparent by thinking in a different context from the software's designers (the straight man). -It conveys the notion that insecure software is shoddy; -It conveys the notion that there are people who will find out that you run insecure software; -It may motivate some people to care about security by invoking social stigma ;) Cheers, Pascal Meunier Purdue University CERIAS On 7/15/06 3:27 PM, "Goertzel Karen" <goertzel_karen at bah.com> wrote:
I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a definition of secure software that is short and sweet, yet accurate and comprehensive. Here's what I've come up with: Secure software is software that remains dependable despite efforts to compromise its dependability. Agree? Disagree? -- Karen Mercedes Goertzel, CISSP Booz Allen Hamilton 703-902-6981 goertzel_karen at bah.com _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L at securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php
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