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==== Security Assurance ====
==== Security Assurance ====
''Objective: “Ensure security throughout OS development lifecycle”''
''Ensure security throughout OS development lifecycle''
* Embedding/team support/security guidance
* Embedding/team support/security guidance
* Catching security oversights
* Catching security oversights
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==== Security Improvement ====
==== Security Improvement ====
''Objective: “Drive security improvements to support evolving device and app requirements, and to bring us to parity with other mobile platforms”''
''Drive security improvements to support evolving device and app requirements, and to bring us to parity with other mobile platforms''
* Update Firefox OS Application security model to address emerging APIs, use cases and threats
* Update Firefox OS Application security model to address emerging APIs, use cases and threats
* Coordinate between platform & B2G teams on security feature development
* Coordinate between platform & B2G teams on security feature development
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==== Ecosystem Security ====
==== Ecosystem Security ====
''Objective: “Empower community to help secure Firefox OS”''
''Empower community to help secure Firefox OS''
* Improve effectiveness and scalability of Marketplace security review process
* Improve effectiveness and scalability of Marketplace security review process
* Provide security guidance to developers & reviewers (e.g MDN documentation)
* Provide security guidance to developers & reviewers (e.g MDN documentation)
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==== Partner Security Program ====
==== Partner Security Program ====
''Objective: “Help and monitor partners to ensure our users are protected”''
''Help and monitor partners to ensure our users are protected''
* Work with partners to ensure security of vendor modifications & co-ordinate security updates
* Work with partners to ensure security of vendor modifications & co-ordinate security updates
* Enforce security through partner certification program
* Enforce security through partner certification program

Revision as of 05:25, 14 April 2014

Firefox OS Security Team

Summary

Lead Paul Theriault (irc: pauljt)
Team Members Rob Fletcher (irc: omerta), Frederick Braun (irc: freddyb), Christiane Ruetten (irc: cr), Stéphanie Ouillon (irc: arroway)
References Firefox OS Security Model Overview

Team Responsibilities

Security Assurance

Ensure security throughout OS development lifecycle

  • Embedding/team support/security guidance
  • Catching security oversights
  • Identifying and promoting good security practices (consistency, patterns and practices)
  • Closing the bug loop, pushing security bugs to resolution

Security Improvement

Drive security improvements to support evolving device and app requirements, and to bring us to parity with other mobile platforms

  • Update Firefox OS Application security model to address emerging APIs, use cases and threats
  • Coordinate between platform & B2G teams on security feature development
  • Contribute patches for minor security improvements
  • Coordinating/encouraging community security contributions
  • Drive development of new security features (e.g. crypto support)

Ecosystem Security

Empower community to help secure Firefox OS

  • Improve effectiveness and scalability of Marketplace security review process
  • Provide security guidance to developers & reviewers (e.g MDN documentation)
  • Development of tools for app developers & reviewers
  • App security incident response (vulnerable or malicious apps)

Partner Security Program

Help and monitor partners to ensure our users are protected

  • Work with partners to ensure security of vendor modifications & co-ordinate security updates
  • Enforce security through partner certification program
  • Security incident response, management, and partner fix coordination

Useful Links

Wiki

MDN

Various


Meetings

Connection Information

  • Dial-in:
    • +1 650 903 0800 x92 Conf 98500#
    • +1 416 848 3114 x92 Conf 98500#
    • +1 800 707 2533 (pin 369) Conf 98500# (toll free, Skype)
  • Vidyo: B2G Vidyo room

FirefoxOS Security Weekly Meeting

  • Time: Tuesdays 1330 PDT / 2130 CET / 0430 CST / 2130 UTC
  • Notes during the meeting are captured on this etherpad.

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