powdermonkey: 'Tiger team' to test foreign software

March 12, 2007

'Tiger team' to test foreign software

'Tiger team' to test foreign software
great idea and much needed:

The Pentagon is fielding a task force charged with testing software developed overseas, according to a Defense Department official.

The “tiger team,” organized within the Defense CIO’s office, is ready to move to the implementation stage, said Kristen Baldwin, deputy director for software engineering and systems assurance in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics. Baldwin spoke yesterday at the DHS-DOD Software Assurance Forum in Fairfax, Va.

Mar 12, 2007 4:59:07 PM

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