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Responsibility for the Harm and Risk of Software Security Flaws

Responsibility for the Harm and Risk of Software Security Flaws

Cassio Goldschmidt, Melissa Dark, Hina Chaudhry
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 28
ISBN13: 9781616922450|ISBN10: 1616922451|EISBN13: 9781616922467
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61692-245-0.ch006
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Goldschmidt, Cassio, et al. "Responsibility for the Harm and Risk of Software Security Flaws." Information Assurance and Security Ethics in Complex Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Melissa Jane Dark, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 104-131. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-245-0.ch006

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Goldschmidt, C., Dark, M., & Chaudhry, H. (2011). Responsibility for the Harm and Risk of Software Security Flaws. In M. Dark (Ed.), Information Assurance and Security Ethics in Complex Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (pp. 104-131). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-245-0.ch006

Chicago

Goldschmidt, Cassio, Melissa Dark, and Hina Chaudhry. "Responsibility for the Harm and Risk of Software Security Flaws." In Information Assurance and Security Ethics in Complex Systems: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, edited by Melissa Jane Dark, 104-131. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61692-245-0.ch006

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Abstract

Software vulnerabilities are a vexing problem for the state of information assurance and security. Who is responsible for the risk and harm of software security is controversial. Deliberation of the responsibility for harm and risk due to software security flaws requires considering how incentives (and disincentives) and network effects shape the practices of vendors and adopters, and the consequent effects on the state of software security. This chapter looks at these factors in more detail in the context of private markets and public welfare.

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