Title :
We need assurance! [assurance of computing quality, reliability, and safety]
Author_Institution :
U. S. Nat. Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD
Abstract :
When will we be secure? Nobody knows for sure - but it cannot happen before commercial security products and services possess not only enough functionality to satisfy customers´ stated needs, but also sufficient assurance of quality, reliability, safety, and appropriateness for use. Such assurances are lacking in most of today´s commercial security products and services. The author discusses paths to better assurance in operating systems, applications, and hardware through better development environments, requirements definition, systems engineering, quality certification, and legal/regulatory constraints. The author also gave some examples
Keywords :
quality assurance; security of data; software quality; commercial security product; commercial security service; customer satisfaction; hardware application; operating system; quality assurance; quality certification; system development environment; system requirements definition; systems engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Security Applications Conference, 21st Annual
Conference_Location :
Tucson, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2461-3
DOI :
10.1109/CSAC.2005.63
