This case study examines a U.S. Air Force initiative to implement application security and software assurance practices following the massive breach of an Air Force information system.
The Air Force began realizing that it had been losing unknown quantities of data and information. Like the rest of the federal...
The sophistication of security breaches of federal information systems and reports of improper access to these systems continues to grow at an alarming rate. Clearly, there is concern about and a desire to improve the security of these critical infrastructures. So where and how do we begin to effectively safeguard...
Focusing on security features at both the infrastructure and application level isn't enough. Organizations must also consider flaws in their design and implementation. Hackers looking for security flaws within applications often find them, thereby accessing hardware, operating systems and data. These applications are...
The Total Ammunition Management Information System (TAMIS) is the U.S. Army application that manages conventional munitions for wartime, training and testing operations across the U.S. Armed Forces. The objective of TAMIS is to improve munitions governance as well as to provide military personnel with essential...
In recent years, the hacking community has shifted its efforts toward a new frontier: the application layer. With most companies spending thousands, if not millions, of dollars securing the perimeter with network firewalls, intrusion prevent systems, and other devices, hackers have realized the lowest hanging fruit...
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