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Economics of secure software

2007-01-21 10:13:02 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...secure product in the current marketplace. Holding a software liable (to an extent) for not making a secure product can not only force the software vendor to fix the problem but also provide economic incentive for the software vendor to make secure product I agree with Schneier's view of holding vendor liable for insecure software, but I...
 
Tags: software, secure, secure product, product, software vendor, software vendors, vendor, price, initial purchase price
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...secure than their physical counter parts by 2010 Neil McDonald of Gartner reported in 2007 that throughout 2009, 60% of virtual environment deployments would be less secure than their physical counter parts Although I tend to believe Neils prediction Im a bit optimistic about the markets awareness of the security concerns within virtualized...
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Virtual Environments will be more secure than their physical counter parts by 2010

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2008-03-22 18:29:17 by John Peterson in Security In The Virtual World
...secure than their physical counter parts by 2010 Neil McDonald of Gartner reported in 2007 that throughout 2009, 60% of virtual environment deployments would be less secure than their physical counter parts Although I tend to believe Neil???s prediction I???m a bit optimistic about the markets awareness of the security concerns within...
 
Tags: security concerns, application security concerns, virtual, concerns, server, virtual server, virtual appliances, security infrastructure due, lift
 
 
 
 
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Alternative to VPN: IronKey's Secure Network

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2008-03-31 14:26:54 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...secure USB drive: The IronKey is a seriously secure device, designed with a variety of physical, hardware, and software elements that make it as unhackable as possible: it's got its own hardware encryption chip built in, uses robust flash memory, and can sense physical intrusion. But it's got one more element that Selena Frye highlighted in a...
 
Tags: ironkey, secure, ironkey plug-in, secure usb drive, ironkey runs, ironkey appears, secure device, covers secure, hardware
 
 
 
 
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How Secure is Secure?

2008-05-08 16:46:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...secure is secure is far more difficult than one might think. Id like to share my perspective that there are two dimensions useful to consider when characterizing software security metrics: security functional requirements and security engineering quality requirements . While the SDL is focused primarily (but not exclusively) on the latter,...
 
Tags: security metrics, software security metrics, implementation vulnerabilities, potential implementation vulnerabilities, metrics, secure, software, discretionary security protection, security protection
 
 
 
 
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We can't write secure code

2008-05-16 07:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...secure software is "not just about cutting secure code or developing better testing tools. We need to get things right much earlier in the development process." It's a subject I've been harping on about for some time, with many references to excellent resources such as OWASP , and great leaders on the subject such as Mark Curphey . Over the...
 
Tags: code, secure, code secure, secure code, secure software, security, security holes, security requirements, security patches
 
 
 
 
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XSS Comedy at McAfee Secure's Expense

2008-06-30 21:10:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Secure's expense As well you should know by know, the existence of XSS vulnerabilities in a site that is required to meet PCI DSS standards means that the site IS NOT PCI COMPLIANT. Very simple, right Let's consider the McAfee Secure/Hacker Safe-branded site for Organize-It A seemingly handy site, perfect for your HGTV types, likely with...
 
Tags: site, seemingly handy site, mcafee secure, mcafee, test, trusty marquee test, organize-it site, marquee, xss
 
 
 
 
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McAfee Partner isn't McAfee Secure either

2008-05-20 21:04:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...secure your transaction. Can't take issue with that All good so far...but wait Shouldn't a McAfee Partner be McAfee Secure Apparently not, and being one wouldn't have cured the XSS blues anyway Next in our video series, a supposedly secure shopping cart that is far from Here's an IFRAME Here's the cookie As well we know, coughing up the...
 
Tags: mcafee, mcafee secure, mcafee partner, secure, mcafee software, verisign 128-bit ssl, bad, bad business practices, ssl
 
 
 
 
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PC Universe is shrinking thanks to McAfee Secure's cluelessness

2008-06-27 10:11:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
 
...Secure / Hacker Safe and the 109% sales increase it resulted in for PC Universe , the other an interview with the Internet's single biggest dillweed, Cresta Pillsbury . These articles are both a bit dated, but they equally embrace the premise of "trust" logos as a predominant sales driver, rather than any actual motivation to secure a site...
 
Tags: internet retailer piece, internet retailer, secure, mcafee secure, universe, internet retailer top, hacker safe seal, hacker safe, hacker safe shoppers