Re: [SC-L] Software security definition(s)

2008-03-14 Thread Mike Lyman
Arian J. Evans wrote: > What is "secure" software? > It is one quality of an application that can be measured > by the emergent behaviors of the software while trying to > meet and enforce its use-case in a given run-time environment. > Fairly new to the list so if I cover things discussed befo

[SC-L] Software security definition(s)

2008-03-13 Thread Arian J. Evans
I hate to start a random definition thread, but Ben asked me a good question and I'm curious if anyone else sees this matter in the same fashion that I do. Ben asked why I refer to software security as similar to artifacts identified by emergent behaviors: > > Software security is an emergent beh