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I Want My Security

ACM News Service: Dire Straits.  This blurb suggests that 7 major trends are not going to simplify security concerns:

elimination of bloated operating systems
development of components and objects
advent of mobile code
normalization of distributed computation
shift in payment models
spread of embedded systems
widespread adoption of wireless networks

Increased security issues are expected to accompany introduction of distributed systems that rely on the network for communications between components (e.g., Web Services).

The April 2004 Information Security article emphasizes that perimeter defenses will be more difficult and also suggests that the heart of the problem is bad software, with no way to account for that in network defense systems.  There's also concession that much is being done to reduce the attack surface of software systems.  Sounds a little muddled, doesn't it?  The point-by-point analysis of trends is worth keeping around for reference.
posted by Dennis at 5/18/2004 04:05:22 PM