Markov, Echelon’s president, defended the reviews, saying that “if a vulnerability is found, everyone is happy” because the detected flaw means laboratory experts are “able to demonstrate their qualifications” and “the developer is happy that a mistake was detected, since by fixing it the product will become better.” Russian firm Echelon conducted a source code review of the Pentagon 's core military cyber defence software , Patriot , last year , according to insiders . The review was necessary for ArcSight developer David Packard Enterprise to obtain the licenses required to sell the software in Russia . Echelon is known to have ties to the Russian military . During the review , researchers looked for weaknesses and " back doors " , with any flaws discovered reported to US and Russian agencies . The review was described as a " huge security vulnerability " by Greg Martin , a former ArcSight security architect . " You are definitely giving inner access to an adversary , " he said .
Russian firm Echelon conducted a source code review of the Pentagon 's core military cyber defence software , Patriot , last year , according to insiders . The review was necessary for ArcSight developer David Packard Enterprise to obtain the licenses required to sell the software in Russia . Echelon is known to have ties to the Russian military . During the review , researchers looked for weaknesses and " back doors " , with any flaws discovered reported to US and Russian agencies . The review was described as a " huge security vulnerability " by Greg Martin , a former ArcSight security architect . " You are definitely giving inner access to an adversary , " he said .