Re:Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Se...
by fjsolwmv on Friday August 17, 2018 @11:19PM
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OK so now you have one good security certification and a dozen BS phony ones, and plenty of international drop ship / amazon fba sellers happy to counterfeit the legit certification. Now what?
So far, almost no money is going into stuff with higher assurance of correctness. Those companies are losing money when they try though. So, the market naturally responded to the demand. I strongly discourage anyone from even trying again given the cost and fact that users won't buy it. Instead, I recommend making a product that's decently secure that can be secured later. Make it good enough to sell on its own with great marketing and so on. As money comes in, move a percentage of it toward improving its overall assurance. Basically takes a nonprofit and/or ideological group that wants strong security to happen at a loss or at least opportunity cost to get it done. CompSci people also make strong designs with FOSS code that often needs polish. Companies can pick up their ideas or prototypes to convert into something that can sell. Alternatively, team up with them to split the work into what each can financially sustain and are good at. That's happening with CompCert whose innovations come from CompSci but sold by AbsInt. K Framework people and Runtime Verification Inc. are another good example with one coming from the other.