Marcus Ranum, CSO of Tenable Network Security, said reliance on commercial off-the-shelf software has made us more susceptible to attack. Foreign governments and intelligence agencies are doing their best to penetrate our government and commercial networks every day, he said. The reality is that poorly written and deployed software is a major problem, Ranum said. In place of this current model, Ranumm suggested that it may be time for a centralized federal development organization that focuses on writing custom software.
Source: https://threatpost.com/software-insecurity-our-biggest-weakness-051210/73955/