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Trust in Cyberspace

As we expand on the train of thought from (ISC)2®’s whitepaper Code (In)Security, which closed with the admonition that “insecure code means checkmate,” we must realize that the state of affairs when it comes to software security is even more than a chess game; it’s nothing less than a battle – a battle between the attackers and the defenders; between those who are trying to break your software and those who are trying to defend it at all costs; between the black hats and the white hats. We are at war, and a war in which the enemy is not only merely subtle, but in most cases invisible. The theme for the Randolph Air Force base conference, “Cyber Security, the Invisible Man”a only accentuates this point

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Trust in Cyberspace