Month: December 2007
The Future of Technology: A CTO View
I’ve just updated my reference file on the future of technology. It can be found at:
Download 071229TechnologyFutures.ppt (2320.5K)
or in open document format:
Download 071229TechnologyFutures.odp (1885.8K)
I enjoy maintaining this briefing on the future of information technology for a couple reasons. One is that it is a great way to keep a dialog up with technologists and thought leaders. It also forces me to think about the future and all CTOs need to do more of that (it is a way to help prepare for coming disruptions).
A proposal for government certification of open source software
The US government runs some very complex systems and systems of systems. Large integrations of networked equipment support government workforce users on thousands of domains, including domains which hold very classified information.
Keeping this information secure is a significant task. Information must be kept confidential from disclosure to those who should not get it, must be kept uncorrupted/unchanged, and, the information must be always available when needed.
Through years of experience the government has established processes to ensure new hardware and software brought into their secure environments are tested and configured so that they stand a high probability of running secure and not disrupting other systems.
One of the strengths of these processes is that they are widely implemented and a large body of people has been trained on them. One of the weaknesses of these processes is that they can be very slow to change.
One change that needs to be accelerated is how to deal with assessments of security on open source software.
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