[Upd-discuss] DHS GRANT FUNDS OPEN SOURCE RESEARCH

[Michael Hart]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $1.24 million,
three-year contract to improve the quality of open source software.
Given the growing reliance on open source technologies for
infrastructure that underpins national security, DHS expects to see
real benefits from the grant. The award will be split among Stanford
University, Symantec, and Coverity, a firm that specializes in code
analysis. Rob Rachwald, senior director of marketing at Coverity, said,
"The DHS in many ways is obviously brokering this and they are the main
beneficiary." For the grant, Coverity will identify security flaws and
risks; Stanford will offer academic analysis of trends and provide
opinions about the relative security of various technologies; and
Symantec will provide consulting on how governmental agencies can
incorporate open source products in a secure fashion into their own
applications.
Internet News, 11 January 2006
http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3576886