Interfaces and Security
Small incarnations are some times best to illustrate cognate larger issues. Today, I literally came across such a small incarnation while passing the building of the "Bundesrat", Germany's Federal Council....
Thanks to computer science
In Germany, we currently have a year of science. In this context, the federal department of education and research together with a company called "Wissenschaft im Dialog" (science in dialog)...
You are a software vendor
In computer security, the vendor of a software product is commonly seen as the entity responsible for fixing identified security issues with the product and proactively working towards better security...
The big Fuzz
In theory, theory and practice are the same; in practice they are not. While practice can bite fairly large pieces out of theory's proverbial butt, it does not mean that...
Security by PAL
While auditing commercial software for security issues, you often come across the pattern of proprietary authentication, authorization and object access control. The software designers, or, in case it wasn't...