The open source security position challenges the failing status quo. Increasing security issues underline the fact that the proprietary "hide-the-code" approach is not working. | Global Knowledge . Experts Teaching Experts Written and Provided by redhat. Expert Reference Series 1-800-COURSES redhat Why Open Source Software Can Help Create a More Secure IT Infrastructure Evaluating the state of IT security and associated market statistics it is apparent that traditional operating environments have not consistently provided acceptable levels of security to enterprise computing. Security-related exposures liabilities and losses are rapidly increasing while conventional computing hardware system software and network bandwidth costs are all decreasing strongly year over year. Most of the operating environment vendors do not embrace a holistic approach to security - it is clearly an afterthought. There are major systemic flaws in their approach to security - and users are suffering the consequences every day. I m not really haven t done everything we could to protect our customers-Our products just aren t engineered for security Brian Valentine senior vice president Windows Development Microsoft1 1Berger Matt. Lead Windows Developer Bugged by Security . InfoWorld. September 5 2002. Copyright 2002 Red Hat Inc. redhat Table of Contents The Proprietary Software The Open Source Performance Analysis Separating the Wheat from the But Does Open Source Really Work in the Real World .11 Why Open Source Software Can Help Create a More Secure IT Infrastructure
