Abstract
The projected federal government spending on IT outsourcing is expected to increase 18% annually over the period 2002 and 2007. A substantial portion of these out sourcing programs will involve software development that occurs largely outside the United States in developing countries. Commonly referred to as offshore software development, these software development activities raise new concerns over security risks, including cyberterrorism and intellectual property theft. These concerns have an obvious relevance to the Office of Homeland Security and it related programs to secure US IT. This presentation will discuss how practices, which are inherent to the open source design process, can be employed to mitigate the security risks and even act as a deterrent on outsourced software development projects. Such practices include but are not limited to, open communication, peer review, transparency, and persistent activity tracking. As required, the presentation will employ actual cases studies and active open source development programs to demonstrate the process and technologies involved. |
