Dump anti-virus and move to secure-by-design?

Albert Zenkoff
2013-10-15
Society, antivirus, economics, externalities, infection, malware, mobile, ROI, secure by design, security investment, virus

I stumbled across an article this morning that analyses the threat to the mobile devices from malware and comes to the conclusion that it is not likely a good idea to have an anti-virus on your mobile. The premises are that only a very few of the mobile devices are currently infected, so the conclusion ...

Security Assurance vs. Quality Assurance

Albert Zenkoff
2013-10-02
Management, Development, philosophy, process, Quality Assurance, Security Assurance, software design, software security

It is often debated how Quality assurance relates to Security assurance. I have a slightly unconventional view of the relation between the two. You see, when we talk about the security assurance in software, I view the whole process in my head end to end. And the process runs roughly like this: The designer has ...

Dump anti-virus and move to secure-by-design?