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Unsafe at Any Clock Speed: The Insecurity of Computer System Design, Implementation, and Operation
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https://doi.org/10.1109/msec.2021.3127086Abstract
It appears that there are enormous differences of opinion as to the probability of a [system failure]. The higher figures come from the working engineers, and the very low figures from management. When playing Russian roulette the fact that the first shot got off safely is little comfort for the next. [T]here have been recent suggestions by management to curtail elaborate and expensive tests as being unnecessary. This must be resisted. The proper way to save money is to curtail the number of requested changes, not the quality of testing for each.
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