A Brief Note On Security Tactics Adoption And A Security Gap Between The Design And Implementation Of The Software

2. Implement a patch management program to ensure programs and applications are up-to-date with security patches.

Whitman, M. E., & Mattord, H. J. (2010). Management of information security (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Course Technology.

The article, which addresses security loopholes in modern computing environments, by Loscocco et al highlights what is and has been being done security wise in the past and how secure these implementations were and going forward what should be done to ensure in depth security which guarantees system wide security (1998). The article first explains features of secure operating system and why current systems implemented under the notion of application space security ultimately failed to safe guard the integrity and confidentiality of our assets. The article then continued with general examples of access control and cryptography implemented in the application space with no or little support from operating system and showed their vulnerabilities to attacks such as tampering, bypassing and spoofing. The article supplied real-life examples to support the evidence that building security in the application space without secure operating system is meaningless. The article raised concrete examples on mobile code security, Kerberos network authentication service, IPSEC and SSL network security protocols and firewall. The paper finally put an interesting remark that security implemented in application space without secure operating system is like “building a house in a pile of sand” and it also emphasized that secure operating system without better security on the

Software has become an integral part of our society. The economic success of our country depends on the success of the software industry. ``Open source ' ' software, software which users are allowed to modify and redistribute, is a very important part of the software industry

The Department of Defense (DoD) chose to incorporate open-source software (OSS), in their approach to the software development for the military organizations (O’Brien & Marakas, 2011).  The OSS approach is beneficial, because it allows users to study the computer code as a way to enhance and redistribute modified versions of the software to other users (Chief Information Officer, 2009).  The DoD wants software to be open for peer-review to strengthen the software reliability and be open to the public as a secure source.  John Scott of Mercury Federal Systems, helped to incorporate the DoD’s open-source changes to be used by the public, which was an effort to speed-up software development and improve the cost to make it more affordable to

Abstract – Software Security is the need of the hour today, especially when we have so many of our day to day activities depending upon computers, internet and software’s. These technologies are of utmost importance even for the most basic activities like banking, trading, shopping, social media and communication, which uses different software tools to provide service to users all around the world. Migrating to this tech world has made it a necessity to provide a high quality of software with equally good security. Systems nowadays like a banking system deals with highly sensitive personal information, so providing software security is as much important as the development of the software. The course project required us to develop a secure banking system which helped us to learn about the various software security tools and the get knowledge regarding the current trends in the field, what can be the possible attack vectors , attack patterns and how to mitigate their effects and defend the system against various such factors.

The shift to open-source software involved in a major cultural change for the Department of Defense. Seiferth (1999) state “ The department of Defense can realize significant gains by the formal adoption, support and use of open licensed systems. We can lower costs and improve the quality of our systems and the speed at which they are developed. Open Licensing can improve the morale and retention of airmen and improve our ability to defend the nation. These benefits are accessible at any point in the acquisition cycle and even benefit deployed and operational systems. Open Licensing can reduce acquisition, development, maintenance and support costs and increased interoperability among our own systems and those of our allies. Over the last forty-years,

Application development and use has been changing for several years. The growth of software-as-a-service as well as the move to cloud-based applications has created new challenges for security tools — challenges that legacy products are simply unable to meet in a world in which new threats appear almost daily. Relying on vulnerability scanners, web application firewalls and antivirus software can have disastrous consequences, but until recently, such tools were all that were available to help secure a network or system. One problem with all of the aforementioned security tools is that they cannot defend against a vulnerability that they cannot identify. Another issue is that they focus on

Vulnerability assessment refers to the process of identifying and classifying security loopholes and risks in a computer system, network or communication system. Through this process, vital aspects of data management are analyzed, the effectiveness of the current security software and measures determined and any reparable measures are taken or recommended. Vulnerability assessment is conducted against both internal and external threats and assist in highlighting the security posture of an enterprise/organization.

Using other automatic vulnerability assessment tools, it can validate reports and prove the vulnerabilities are not a false positive and can be exploited. Which in turn can be utilized to test for new exploits that surface almost consistently on the company’s privately facilitated test servers to comprehend the adequacy of the exploit. Metasploit is likewise an excellent testing instrument for the company’s interruption recognition frameworks to test whether the IDS is effective in preventing the assaults that the corporation uses to sidestep it. The framework is one of the preferential tools in the security research communal, independently responsible for creating a portion of the most refined assaults against programming and frameworks. In the right hands, this tool can offer a very powerful means of uncovering security vulnerabilities in software and assisting in their repair (Shetty,

This report is being written to try to understand the issues raised, both legally and ethically, by the release of a new piece of software (Fotino) onto the Internet

Internet Business Associate v2.0, Lesson 9: Internet Services and Tools for Business, section "Open-Source Development."

Updates are automated: whenever there is an update it is available online to ex-isting customers, often free of charge. No new software will be required as it often is with other types of applications and the updates will usually be deployed automatically by the cloud provider.

To present these security vulnerabilities, I have taken into consideration the results from OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) organization, which is focused on improving the security of software. According to OWASP, top 10 most dangerous web vulnerabilities are listed below.

Finally the final feature should be that of updating the database file of this software tool to check for updates of any software package that are currently available. Let’s name this software tool Version Manager. The first thing to do is to create a spreadsheet listed for all 20 software programs that are required for the library computers and make note of all the required dependencies for that piece of software.