Lesson From the DNS Bug: Patching Isn’t Enough

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 25, 2008

“The real lesson is that the patch treadmill doesn’t work, and
it hasn’t for years. This cycle of finding security holes and
rushing to patch them before the bad guys exploit those
vulnerabilities is expensive, inefficient and incomplete. We need
to design security into our systems right from the beginning. We
need assurance. We need security engineers involved in system
design. This process won’t prevent every vulnerability, but it’s
much more secure — and cheaper — than the patch treadmill we’re
all on now.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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