Security is big. There's a lot of talk about security, data protection and identity management lately. But when you think of it, most security related topics are abstract terms. Security is not something that you can add later on, but it is a philosophy that should be taken in consideration at all times, in all stages of development and in all stages of execution.

Security in software design is something that we are trained to do. Constantly considering whether information flows can be trusted, function calls are authorized, and what happens when the 'nearly impossible' appears to be possible after all? We know.. do you?

When designing a protocol to carry out a specific function or exchange information with another party, the security side becomes really obvious. After all, a protocol is very often designed within a scope where security is relevant. But to make it good, you must know what is going on, on all layers of transport and processing of data. Also, what is a good protocol is it is deployed in an insecure environment?

Cozmanova takes the practical approach in this. Instead of keeping on talking, we also actually do what we say and while doing it, we solve problems and open up an entire array of new possibilities as a side product.

Technologies that we use and have used are

• Internet (TCP/IP, HTTP, FTP, SSL, also XML/RPC, SOAP)

• Computer to peripherals (RS.232, USB)

• OpenBSD, Solaris deployment

Together we can find out if an existing solutions can solve your needs, or whether it might be necessary to design custom software or protocols for secure information flows and processing.

This section of the website offers all sorts of information about problems and solutions concerning secure software and protocol design.