Geekonomics the real cost of insecure software

"Software has become crucial to the very survival of civilization. But badly written, insecure software is hurting people - and costing businesses and individuals billions of dollars every year. This must change. In Geekonomics, David Rice shows how we can change it." "Rice reveals wh...

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Main Author: Rice, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. Addison-Wesley 2008
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:"Software has become crucial to the very survival of civilization. But badly written, insecure software is hurting people - and costing businesses and individuals billions of dollars every year. This must change. In Geekonomics, David Rice shows how we can change it." "Rice reveals why the software industry is rewarded for carelessness, and how we can revamp the industry's incentives to get the reliability and security we desperately need and deserve. You'll discover why the software industry still has shockingly little accountability - and what we must do to fix that."--Jacket
Item Description:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Physical Description:xx, 362 pages
ISBN:9780132701983
9780321543912
0321477898
9780321477897
0132701987