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From the Editors: Secure Coding Skills Are Essential

By SD Times News Team

December 15, 2007 — (Page 1 of 2)
We endorse the Secure Programming Council’s Essential Skills initiatives for secure programming. Its emphasis on an effective secure development life cycle is the right approach, and it is high time the industry cooperated to address security flaws in Web applications.

Personal and other sensitive information is falling prey to malicious hackers that sell it for money or to be used by national intelligence agencies. In a world filled with consultants, employee turnover, new hires and outsourcing, there must be a standard way to assess competency.

The value of fiat certifications is greatly influenced by the people standing behind them. The council has assembled a group of organizations both corporate and governmental working under the banner of the SANS Institute, and it is pounding the pavement to broaden its support. Its value is established and can be relied upon.

Organizations already participating in the effort include CERT/CC, SANS Institute and several U.S. Government agencies, in addition to leading companies in the United States, Japan, India and Germany. It has the big names and resources to make headway.

The SANS Institute security certification entity, Global Information Assurance Certification, has been in operation since 1999 and has the gravitas and experience to certify programmers effectively. Its tests are also organized by security-related tasks that programmers perform regularly and are applicable in real life.

The aim and scope of the council’s efforts are broad and comprehensive. The Secure Software Programmer Certification Exam for Java/Java EE will be the first exam offered, and initiatives are under way for C, C++, .NET languages, Perl and PHP. The certification approach is also ISO 17024-compliant.

The council recognizes that security is in integral part of the software development life cycle. Although there is no single methodology, it is working to find consensus and promote training. Development leads, development managers, product managers, project managers and test managers are as much a part of the process as the developer.

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