Chapter 10. Software Development Policies
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT IS THE ART OF putting together coded instructions in a manner that will be translated into a meaningful program to run on a computer. Like other arts based on scientific theories, mistakes and other flaws can lead to catastrophic results. With the explosion of the Internet, flaws in the software that serve web pages, transmit email, or provide access to other servers have made systems vulnerable to attack.
Software development methodologies have rarely considered security as a component of design. Often, security becomes an afterthought causing unusual measures to be employed. ...
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