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Are We Forgetting the Risk of COTS Products in Wireless Communications?
Author(s) -
Longstaff Thomas A.,
Haimes Yacov Y.,
Sledge Carol
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/0272-4332.t01-1-00001
Subject(s) - wireless , interdependence , forgetting , computer science , process (computing) , risk analysis (engineering) , risk management , set (abstract data type) , scale (ratio) , wireless network , engineering , computer security , telecommunications , business , linguistics , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , law , programming language , operating system , political science
This paper addresses the risks associated with the exponential increase in the use of wireless communications and the implementation of wireless as a set of COTS technologies available in most large‐scale computer‐based systems. It describes the critical impact of these trends on information assurance, as well as on the trustworthiness of the infrastructures that are interdependent on and interconnected with wireless communications. A holistic process of risk assessment and management is suggested to prevent future problems.