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Software Assumptions Lead to Preventable Errors
July/August 2009 (vol. 7 no. 4)
pp. 84-87
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Andy Steingruebl, Gunnar Peterson, "Software Assumptions Lead to Preventable Errors," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 84-87, July/August, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2009.107,
author = {Andy Steingruebl and Gunnar Peterson},
title = {Software Assumptions Lead to Preventable Errors},
journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy},
volume = {7},
number = {4},
issn = {1540-7993},
year = {2009},
pages = {84-87},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2009.107},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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Gunnar Peterson, Arctec Group
Undocumented assumptions are often the cause of serious software system failure. Thus, to reduce such failures, developers must become better at discovering and documenting their assumptions. In this article, we focus on common categories of assumptions in software, discuss methods for recognizing when developers are making them, and recommend techniques for documenting them.

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Index Terms:
Building security in, assumptions, software development
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Andy Steingruebl, Gunnar Peterson, "Software Assumptions Lead to Preventable Errors," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 84-87, July/Aug. 2009, doi:10.1109/MSP.2009.107
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