Untested software threatens infrastructures

Author

Voas, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Coll. of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

1999

Firstpage

89

Lastpage

90

Abstract

The public needs access to information infrastructures that are reliable, secure, noninterruptible, and fault-tolerant, but the transition to paperless commerce threatens individual privacy with each transaction. Wholesale payment systems, such as the United States Federal Reserve´s FedWire and automated clearing houses, move trillions of dollars over electronic networks daily. With roughly 95 percent of Defense Department communications relying on the commercial infrastructure, the US government is a major stakeholder in the security of commercial systems. The paper discusses the importance of software testing and the assessment of software liabilities

Keywords

data privacy; electronic commerce; information networks; program testing; security of data; FedWire; automated clearing houses; data privacy; data security; fault tolerant; information infrastructures; paperless commerce; payment systems; software liabilities; software testing; Fault tolerance; Information security; Internet; Privacy; Protection; Research initiatives; Software quality; Software testing; System testing; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/52.754059

Filename

754059