IT security is an oxymoron

Posted by Ken Y-N on April 1st, 2009 at 03:51pm

In a guest post on SD Times, David Kleidermacher of Green Hills Software wrote a long piece on IT security: apathy or ignorance?

The thrust of the argument is that most IT systems is riddled with vulnerabilities, but secure software for aircraft and military systems follow a process that prevents these problems. However, there is no mention of relative costs in money or effort, or that I presume most if not all of these secure systems are off the public internet.

He sums up with:

People are demanding a solution to the economic mess. Why aren’t they demanding a solution to the security mess? Now that there is proof that it is practical to create and deploy certified high-robustness solutions, it’s time to hold software providers to a higher standard.

I do feel he ignores a number of important issues, but it’s a good read nonetheless.

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