As counter-intuitive as it seems, the best security software is open source.

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Hutheesing recommends buying VeriSign (nasdaq: VRSN - news - people ), a company best known for Internet security software.

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It is one thing to say you have secure software, it is quite another to back that up with security best practices.

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The developers have a targeted marketplace to market their software and the customers have a marketplace constantly evolving security standards with their best interests high on the importance list.

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