Bullet-proofing your software design

In August 2003, a rolling blackout affected 10 million people in Ontario and 45 million people in the eastern part of the United States, raising concern that a cyber-attack by a hostile force was underway. Ultimately the causes of the blackout were traced to a slew of system, procedural, and human errors and not an act of aggression. Nevertheless, the event brought home the vulnerability of critical infrastructures connected to the Internet, raising awareness of the need for secure system components that are immune to cyber attack [read more].