London 20 & 21st May 2010, Westminster Conference Centre

 

 

Challenges in Quality Engineering of Secure Software

 

The reasons why systems fail or attacks succeed are diverse. The ‘want of a nail’ rhyme from childhood about how something apparently insignificant can work through the ‘system’ and have major consequences.   Understanding how the components, applications and systems add or detract from the security of our modern-day complex systems of systems is challenging. It makes sense to try to get the design right at the start and through life rather than to try to deliver security, resilience or privacy after the fact.

 

This represents huge problems for us dealing with so many legacy systems and calls us to think about the transformational challenge that will move us from our current position to one which quality engineering means systems are assured and secured by design.