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Web users are under constant attack from a wide variety of opponents, many of whom are merely opportunistic, but also by a minority of very clever and determined attackers. To protect users, we need to improve our current products to keep pace with these evolving threats, but we are ultimately limited in what we can do unilaterally within our products. We must also drive innovative solutions that require the participation of other vital players in the web ecosystem, including standards bodies, internet technology vendors, web developers, web admins and web frameworks. | Web users are under constant attack from a wide variety of opponents, many of whom are merely opportunistic, but also by a minority of very clever and determined attackers. To protect users, we need to improve our current products to keep pace with these evolving threats, but we are ultimately limited in what we can do unilaterally within our products. We must also drive innovative solutions that require the participation of other vital players in the web ecosystem, including standards bodies, internet technology vendors, web developers, web admins and web frameworks. | ||
As such, security at Mozilla has | As such, security engineering at Mozilla has several primary themes: | ||
*Protect our users directly from an ever-increasing volume & sophistication of online attacks, by improving the products and services we deliver | *Protect our users directly from an ever-increasing volume & sophistication of online attacks, by directly improving the products and services we deliver | ||
*Drive innovative security solutions to enable the wider web ecosystem of web developers, web admins and users to adapt to evolving web technologies and their corresponding security threats. | *Drive innovative security solutions to enable the wider web ecosystem of web developers, web admins and users to adapt to evolving web technologies and their corresponding security threats. | ||
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Survey taken in early 2011 to identify and prioritize potential features for our security roadmap. The results of this survey are [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AtpjIJJ66IkGdEQwOThzdHVFS0V4aUZUOWoxZXc3alE&output=html available as a Google doc] or as PDF: [[Image:Security roadmap survey.pdf]]. | Survey taken in early 2011 to identify and prioritize potential features for our security roadmap. The results of this survey are [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?hl=en&hl=en&key=0AtpjIJJ66IkGdEQwOThzdHVFS0V4aUZUOWoxZXc3alE&output=html available as a Google doc] or as PDF: [[Image:Security roadmap survey.pdf]]. | ||
'''NOTE:''' these goals are tentative and more may be added or some may be dropped. | '''NOTE:''' these goals are tentative and more may be added or some may be dropped. | ||
= Roadmap = | = Roadmap = | ||