From: mea culpa (jerichoDIMENSIONAL.COM)
Date: Wed Nov 10 1999 - 22:24:06 CST

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From: Ken Williams <Ken.WilliamsEY.COM>
From: "Jeffrey M. Voas" <jmvoasrstcorp.com>

Co-Authored:

Software Assessment: Reliability, Safety, and Testability (Wiley, 1995)
http://www.rstcorp.com/books/sa

Software Fault Injection: Inoculating Programs Against Errors
(Wiley, 1998) http://www.rstcorp.com/books/sfi

Videos:

Developing Software for Safety Critical Systems
(IEEE, 1998) http://www.rstcorp.com/videos/safety_critical.html

Software Testing: Building Infrastructure, Due Dilligence, and OO
Software
(IEEE, 1999) http://www.rstcorp.com/videos/software_testing.html

IEEE Software
Call for Articles & Reviewers
Malicious Information Technology: The Software vs. The People
Publication: Sept./Oct. 2000

Software was intended to improve the quality of human life by doing
tasks more quickly, reliably, and efficiently. But today, a "software
vs. people" showdown appears eminent. Software is increasingly
becoming a threat to people, organizations, and nations. For example,
the spread of the Melissa virus illustrates the ease with which
systems can be penetrated and the ubiquity of the consequences; the
Melissa virus caused many companies to shut down their EMail systems
for days or even weeks. The origin of these threats stems from a
variety of problems. One problem is negligent development practices
that lead to defective software. Security vulnerabilities that occur
as a result of negligent development practices (e.g., commercial Web
browsers allowing unauthorized individuals to access confidential
data) are likely to be discovered by rogue individuals with malicious
intentions. Other security vulnerabilities are deliberately
programmed into software (e.g., logic bombs, Trojan Horses, and Easter
eggs). Regardless of the reason why information systems are
vulnerable, the end result can be disastrous and widespread.

Because of the increased danger that malicious software now poses, we
seek original articles on the following specific issues:

  + Intrusion detection
  + Information survivability
  + Federal critical infrastructure protection plans
  + Federal laws prohibiting encryption exports vs. US corporations
  + State-of-the-practice in security testing
  + The Internet's "hacker underground"
  + Corporate information insurance
  + Penalties for those convicted of creating viruses
  + Case studies in information security and survivability

Submissions due: 1 April 2000

Guest Editors:

Nancy Mead Jeffrey Voas
Carnie Mellon University Reliable Software Technologies
nrmsei.cmu.edu jmvoasrstcorp.com

Authors: Submit one electronic copy in RTF interchange or MS-Word
format and one PostScript or PDF version to the magazine assistant at
softwarecomputer.org. Articles must not exceed 5,400 words including
tables and figures, which count for 200 words each. For detailed
author guidelines, see www.computer.org/software/edguide.htm.
Reviewers: Please e-mail your contact information and areas of
interest to a guest editor.

Jeffrey M. Voas, Co-Founder, Reliable Software Technologies, Suite 400,
21351 Ridgetop Circle, Dulles, VA 20166 USA, jmvoasrstcorp.com,
Phone: 703.404.9293, Fax: 703.404.9295

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