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The CIS Controls (formerly called the Center for Internet Security Critical Security Controls for Effective Cyber Defense) is a publication of best practice guidelines for computer security. The project was initiated early in 2008 in response to extreme data losses experienced by organizations in the US defense industrial base. [ 1 ]
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Firefox is free-libre software, and thus in particular its source code is visible to everyone. This allows anyone to review the code for security vulnerabilities. [18] It also allowed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to give funding for the automated tool Coverity to be run against Firefox code.
Initially introduced as an option in a beta release and introduced in Brendan Eich's blog on August 23, 2008, [12] the compiler became part of the mainline release as part of SpiderMonkey in Firefox 3.5, providing "performance improvements ranging between 20 and 40 times faster" than the baseline interpreter in Firefox 3.
Whitelist-based software such as NoScript can block JavaScript and Adobe Flash which is used for most attacks on privacy, allowing users to choose only sites they know are safe – AdBlock Plus also uses whitelist ad filtering rules subscriptions, though both the software itself and the filtering list maintainers have come under controversy for ...
NoScript (or NoScript Security Suite) is a free and open-source extension for Firefox- and Chromium-based web browsers, [4] written and maintained by Giorgio Maone, [5] a software developer and member of the Mozilla Security Group.
Software Security Assurance (SSA) is the process of ensuring that software is designed to operate at a level of security that is consistent with the potential harm that could result from the loss, inaccuracy, alteration, unavailability, or misuse of the data and resources that it uses, controls, and protects.
The goal of the LibreWolf project was to create a more privacy-focused version of Firefox. [6] A community-maintained version for Windows was released a year later, with a macOS port released soon after. [7] [8] It can also be installed via a portable AppImage or via the Microsoft Store and Windows Package Manager. [9] [10]