The Origin and Early History of the Computer Security Software Products Industry

In the second half of the 1970s, established computer firms and new IT start-ups chose alternative paths to offer commercial access control systems to organizational mainframe computer users. These developments in effect launched the computer security software products industry with IBM's Resou...

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Published in:IEEE annals of the history of computing 2015-04, Vol.37 (2), p.46-58
Main Author: Yost, Jeffrey R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access control
access control software
Computer security
Control systems
Cybersecurity
Government policies
History
history of computing
IBM RACF
IBM Share
Information technology
Security management
SKK ACF2
Software development
Software industry
Studies
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Summary:In the second half of the 1970s, established computer firms and new IT start-ups chose alternative paths to offer commercial access control systems to organizational mainframe computer users. These developments in effect launched the computer security software products industry with IBM's Resource Access Control Facility (RACF) and SKK's Access Control Facility 2 (ACF2).
ISSN:1058-6180
1934-1547
DOI:10.1109/MAHC.2015.21