INTERVIEW: Former NSA technical director Brian Snow...

The following is an interview with the former director of Information Assurance for America's National Security Agency, Brian Snow. He joined the NSA in 1971 after founding the computer science department at Ohio University in the 60s. He spent his first 20 years at the NSA directing research and development into cryptographic and secure systems. He also created and managed NSA's secure systems design division in the 80s.

In this interview Snow argues software companies need to back off their time-to-market driven policies and focus more on quality.