Showing posts with label secure code frameworks robert auger security pdp gnucitizen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label secure code frameworks robert auger security pdp gnucitizen. Show all posts

Friday, December 22, 2006

Secure Code Through Frameworks

pdp (architect) recently invited me to guest blog on gnucitizen. I'd never done something like that before, so I figured it'd be a fun first. Here goes...

Secure Code Through Frameworks
105 million sites make their home on the Web - 4 million more move in each month. That’s a staggering number to think about, and as we well know, the vast majority of websites (I say 8 in 10) have serious security issues. Industry discussions go round and round about what should be done. We talk about secure coding practices, training, compliance, assessment, source-code audits, and the like. What’s going to work? Then I read something Robert Auger posted, the lack of security enabled frameworks is why we’re vulnerable, touching on an area I’ve thought a lot about recently.