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Third-Party Software's Trust Quagmire

Published

Author(s)

Jeffrey M. Voas, George Hurlburt

Abstract

Integrating software developed by third-party organizations into a larger system raises concerns about the software's quality, origin, functionality, security, and interoperability. Addressing these concerns requires rethinking the roles of software's principal supply-chain actors--vendor, assessor, and evaluator.
Citation
Computer (IEEE Computer)
Volume
48
Issue
12
Pub Type
Journals

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2015.372

Keywords

CBSE, commercial-off-the-shelf software, COTS, component-based software engineering, independent verification and validation, software composability, software engineering, software liability, software measurement, software reliability, third-party software
Information technology, Cybersecurity and privacy, Data and informatics and Software testing

Citation

Voas, J. and Hurlburt, G. (2015), Third-Party Software's Trust Quagmire, Computer (IEEE Computer), [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MC.2015.372 (Accessed October 30, 2025)

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Created December 18, 2015, Updated November 10, 2018
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