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Protecting data from malicious computer users continues to grow in importance. Whether preventing unauthorized access to personal photographs, ensuring compliance with federal regulations, or ensuring the integrity of corporate secrets, all…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Paul Stanton

This article analyzes trust and security in computing and communications systems. While in human-life, trust usually has some kind of commonly understood meaning, in the realm of computing and communications systems, it could be interpreted…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2012-03-22 Al-Sakib Khan Pathan

Popularity of the use of free software in the IT industry is much higher than its popular use in educational activities. Disadvantages of free software and problems of its implementation in the educational process is a limiting factor for…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-07-25 Vladyslav Velychko

The proliferation of Open Source Software (OSS) adoption and collaboration has surged within industry, resulting in its ubiquitous presence in commercial offerings and shared digital infrastructure. However, in the public sector, both…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Johan Linåker , Gregorio Robles , Deborah Bryant , Sachiko Muto

The software product is a source of cyber-attacks that target organizations by using their software supply chain as a distribution vector. As the reliance of software projects on open-source or proprietary modules is increasing drastically,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-24 Betul Gokkaya , Leonardo Aniello , Basel Halak

Easy and mostly free access to the internet has resulted in the growing use of open source software (OSS). However, it is a common perception that closed proprietary software is still superior in areas such as software maintenance and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-12-01 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz , Faheem Ahmed

Poor software quality can adversely affect application security by increasing the potential for a malicious breach of a system. Because computer security and cybersecurity are becoming such relevant topics for practicing software engineers,…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-12-10 Nicole Radziwill , Jessica Romano , Diane Shorter , Morgan Benton

Computers are a very important part of our lives and the major reason why they have been such a success is because of the excellent graphical operating systems that run on these powerful machines. As the computer hardware is becoming more…

Operating Systems · Computer Science 2012-05-30 Plawan Kumar Rath , G. N. Anil

Software systems are ubiquitous, and their use is ingrained in our everyday lives. They enable us to get in touch with people quickly and easily, support us in gathering information, and help us perform our daily tasks. In return, we…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-10-27 Wasja Brunotte , Alexander Specht , Larissa Chazette , Kurt Schneider

Much of the current software depends on open-source components, which in turn have complex dependencies on other open-source libraries. Vulnerabilities in open source therefore have potentially huge impacts. The goal of this work is to get…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Tobias Dam , Sebastian Neumaier

For computer software, our security models, policies, mechanisms, and means of assurance were primarily conceived and developed before the end of the 1970's. However, since that time, software has changed radically: it is thousands of times…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Úlfar Erlingsson

Information security is the protection of information from a wide range of threats in order to ensure success business continuity by minimizing risks and maximizing the return of investments and business opportunities. In this paper, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-05-10 Wajeb Gharibi , Abdulrahman Mirza

High-quality data has become increasingly important to software engineers in designing and implementing today's software, for example, as an input to machine-learning algorithms and visualisation- and analytics-based features. Open data -…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Johan Linåker , Per Runeson , Anneke Zuiderwijk , Amanda Brock

The 21st century belongs to the world of computing, specially as a result of the so-called cloud computing. This technology enables ubiquitous information management and thus people can access all their data from any place and at any time.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-10-28 Alejandro Sanchez-Gomez , Jesus Diaz , David Arroyo

Cloud Computing holds the potential to eliminate the requirements for setting up of high-cost computing infrastructure for the IT-based solutions and services that the industry uses. It promises to provide a flexible IT architecture,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-05-22 Rohit Bhadauria , Rituparna Chaki , Nabendu Chaki , Sugata Sanyal

As more business activities are being automated and an increasing number of computers are being used to store vital and sensitive information the need for secure computer systems becomes more apparent. These systems can be achieved only…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2009-09-25 Shireesh Reddy Annam

The fact that the number of users of open source software (OSS) is practically un-limited and that ultimately the software quality is determined by end users experience, makes the usability an even more critical quality attribute than it is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-07-27 Arif Raza , Luiz Fernando Capretz

In the era of revolution, the development of softwares are increasing daily. The quality of software impacts the most in software development. To ensure the quality of the software it needs to be reviewed and updated. The effectiveness of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Shaykh Siddique

The widespread adoption of open source libraries and frameworks can be attributed to their licensing. Open Source Software Licenses (OSS licenses) ensure that software can be sold or distributed as part of aggregate programs from various…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Raula Gaikovina Kula , Brittany Anne Reid , Christoph Treude

There has been a long-standing hypothesis that a software's popularity is related to its security or insecurity in both research and popular discourse. There are also a few empirical studies that have examined the hypothesis, either…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Jukka Ruohonen , Qusai Ramadan