The secure coding movement got a little boost today as CERT and Fortify Software announced that they have teamed up to automate part of the process of building security into software -- specifically, ...

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Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior (SCW) has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer ...

When you're looking to lock down applications, securing the underlying code has to be one of your cornerstones. To that end, the Computer Emergency Response Team's (CERT) Secure Coding Initiative (SCI ...

Editor’s Note: In an excerpt from their book Embedded System Security, the authors assess the role of C and C++ coding standards and how compliance leads to more secure code. Most safety and quality ...

Although secure coding practices are widely available, developers still frequently make security mistakes. The more developers that know about threat aversion, the more likely it is that the ...

The world as we know it is comprised of layers upon layers of carefully connected technology, found in everything from international banks and local community owned shops to wireless doorbells and ...