Software assumptions lead to preventable errors

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 84-87

  Steingruebl, Andy ^a   Peterson, Gunnar ^b  

^a EBAY INC   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assumptions; Building security in; Software development

Indexed keywords

ASSUMPTIONS; BUILDING SECURITY IN; CONTROL FLOWS; DATA ASSUMPTION; DEPLOYMENT TIME; DESIGN TIME; FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION; IN-LINE; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; RUNTIMES; SECURITY REQUIREMENTS; SIDE EFFECT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOURCE CODES;

ERRORS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 70349312711     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2009.107     Document Type: Article

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