Security and quality issues in IT projects

The need for the inclusion of security and quality requirements early in the life of IT projects has been recognised for more than three decades. But have we learned from past experience? This paper presents four recent case studies of IT projects that have gone wrong for a variety of security and q...

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Main Authors: El Desouki, Hassan, Armstrong, Helen
Other Authors: Nathan Clarke
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Centre for Security, Communications & Network Research 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20062
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description The need for the inclusion of security and quality requirements early in the life of IT projects has been recognised for more than three decades. But have we learned from past experience? This paper presents four recent case studies of IT projects that have gone wrong for a variety of security and quality reasons. The problem is not a simple one to solve, however, valuable lessons can be learned from past experience. This paper relates to a project that is still a work-in-progress.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-200622023-01-13T07:56:30Z Security and quality issues in IT projects El Desouki, Hassan Armstrong, Helen Nathan Clarke Steven Furnell Rossouw von Solms quality assurance IT project management Information security The need for the inclusion of security and quality requirements early in the life of IT projects has been recognised for more than three decades. But have we learned from past experience? This paper presents four recent case studies of IT projects that have gone wrong for a variety of security and quality reasons. The problem is not a simple one to solve, however, valuable lessons can be learned from past experience. This paper relates to a project that is still a work-in-progress. 2010 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20062 Centre for Security, Communications & Network Research fulltext
spellingShingle quality assurance
IT project management
Information security
El Desouki, Hassan
Armstrong, Helen
Security and quality issues in IT projects
title Security and quality issues in IT projects
title_full Security and quality issues in IT projects
title_fullStr Security and quality issues in IT projects
title_full_unstemmed Security and quality issues in IT projects
title_short Security and quality issues in IT projects
title_sort security and quality issues in it projects
topic quality assurance
IT project management
Information security
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/20062