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GAO Report Reveals Risks in Defense Software from Foreign Suppliers

Its hard to help wondering if this might give Green Hills Software just the boost they've been looking for. To quote from the article, "The Defense Department's control of the source of weapons software came under fire today in a report issued by the General Accounting Office, which said overseas production of software creates an unacceptable security environment." . . .. The Defense Department's control of the source of weapons software came under fire today in a report issued by the General Accounting Office, which said overseas production of software creates an unacceptable security environment. "DOD acquisition and software security policies do not fully address the risk of using foreign suppliers to develop weapon system software," auditors wrote in the report. "The current acquisition guidance allows program officials discretion in managing foreign involvement in software development, without requiring them to identify and mitigate such risks. Moreover, other policies intended to mitigate information system vulnerabilities focus mostly on operational software security threats, such as external hacking and unauthorized access to information systems, but not on insider threats, such as the insertion of malicious code by software developers." The report said military officials recently adopted initiatives that could curb the threat, but they have not yet implemented the initiatives throughout the department. Auditors cited weapons development as a particular concern, given the potential ramifications should an enemy infect software with a malicious code or a Trojan horse, the report said. The link for this article located at fcw.com is no longer available. . The Defense Department's control of the source of weapons software came under fire today in a report. wondering, might, green, hills, software, boost, they've, looki. . Anthony Pell

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DOD Commercial Software Reliance Raises Major Cybersecurity Issues

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) relies too much on commercial software, doesn't know who is creating the software, and faces other significant cybersecurity problems, witnesses told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday. The U.S. military's use of commercial, off-the-shelf . . . . The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) relies too much on commercial software, doesn't know who is creating the software, and faces other significant cybersecurity problems, witnesses told a U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday. The U.S. military's use of commercial, off-the-shelf software has yielded fast improvements in software and cost-savings benefits for U.S. taxpayers over the last 20 years, but such software has its downside, said Professor Eugene Spafford, director of the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University. The link for this article located at InfoWorld is no longer available. . The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) relies too much on commercial software, doesn't know who is cre. department, defense, (dod), relies, commercial, software, doesn't. . Anthony Pell

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