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DoD Report to Detail Dangers of Foreign Software

Gary Anthes writes on ComputerWorld:

A U.S. Department of Defense task force early next year plans to warn the Pentagon of a growing threat to national security from adversaries who could insert malicious code in software developed overseas.

The Defense Science Board, a military/civilian think tank within the DOD, will issue a report that calls for a variety of prevention and detection measures but stops short of recommending that all software procured by the military be written in the U.S., said the head of the task force that has been studying the so-called foreign influence issue.

posted by Fergie @ 11/27/2006 06:29:00 PM