[SC-L] "Bumper sticker" definition of secure software

[Julie J.C.H. Ryan]

So, if software is dependably bad and can dependably be counted on to  
fail, it's secure?

Especially if it resists attempts to compromise such dependability?


On Jul 15, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Goertzel Karen wrote:

> I've been struggling for a while to synthesise a definition of  
> secure software that is short and sweet, yet accurate and  
> comprehensive. Here's what I've come up with:
>
> Secure software is software that remains dependable despite efforts  
> to compromise its dependability.
>
> Agree? Disagree?
>
> --
> Karen Mercedes Goertzel, CISSP
> Booz Allen Hamilton
> 703-902-6981
> goertzel_karen at bah.com
>
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