] NSA initiatives in enhancing software security cover both ] proprietary and open source software, and we have ] successfully used both proprietary and open source models ] in our research activities. NSA's work to enhance the ] security of software is motivated by one simple ] consideration: use our resources as efficiently as ] possible to give NSA's customers the best possible ] security options in the most widely employed products. ] The objective of the NSA research program is to develop ] technologic advances that can be shared with the software ] development community through a variety of transfer ] mechanisms. NSA does not favor or promote any specific ] software product or business model. Rather, NSA is ] promoting enhanced security. NSA's guides to securing machines |