A Secure Future for Open-Source Computational Science and Engineering

Open-source research software plays a central role in accelerating advances in science and engineering. Its increasing significance, however, incentivizes malicious actors to attack that software and compromise the systems on which it runs, undermining the free and open exchange of trustworthy resea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Computing in science & engineering 2022-07, Vol.24 (4), p.65-69
Hauptverfasser: Milewicz, Reed, Carver, Jeffrey, Grayson, Samuel, Atkison, Travis, Morris, Karla
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Open-source research software plays a central role in accelerating advances in science and engineering. Its increasing significance, however, incentivizes malicious actors to attack that software and compromise the systems on which it runs, undermining the free and open exchange of trustworthy research codes. In the world of conventional software development, there has been a shift towards integrating security as early as possible in the development process to guard against malicious activity. Given the potential risks at hand, developers of research software must consider how to do the same across the research software lifecycle. This editorial argues for the need to unite diverse forms of expertise in scientific computing and software security to address these challenges and outlines a roadmap for future work in this space.
ISSN:1521-9615
1558-366X
DOI:10.1109/MCSE.2022.3221877