Skip to content

Davey Winder

delivering award-winning technology journalism since 1991

  • home
  • about me
  • follow me on mastodon
  • privacy policy
  • Toggle search form

How to write secure software

Posted on January 21, 2016January 24, 2016 By Davey Winder

At IT Security Thing I have been talking to Lorenzo Grespan, a developer with Pentest Limited, about secure software development.

Established in 2001, Pentest describes itself as a leading provider of IT security with one of the largest penetration testing teams in Europe. What interested us, though, was that it also runs secure coding workshops for developers. These are described as being hands-on courses aimed at those developers who wish to gain a greater understanding of common security vulnerabilities and the knowledge to ensure their applications are as safe as possible by developing and testing robust, secure code. Which sounds good to us, especially in the light of recent research by Risk Based Security suggesting there have been more than 370 vulnerabilities reported in security solutions during 2015. Look at the last six years, and that number rises to more than 1,700 in total.

Click here to read complete article

Programming Tags:Interview, Programming, Software

Post navigation

Previous Post: Bridging the Linux security perception gap
Next Post: Smartwatch security threats: The sky isn’t really falling

Related Articles

emergency exit to left signage Shifting Left for Secure Application Development Programming

Categories

Post Archive

Tags

0day Analysis Android Apple Apps breach bug bounty Business Chrome crime Cybercrime Data Protection Encryption Enterprise Google Government hack Hackers Hacking healthcare industry iOS IoT iPhone Malware Microsoft News NHS Opinion passwords Phishing Privacy ransomware Research Russia Samsung threat intelligence Threatscape Update Vulnerabilites vulnerabilities Vulnerability Windows Windows 10 zero-day

Copyright © 2023 Davey Winder .

×
Cookies
We serve cookies. If you think that's ok, just click "Accept all". You can also choose what kind of cookies you want by clicking "Settings". Read our cookie policy
Settings Refuse all Accept all
Cookies
Choose what kind of cookies to accept. Your choice will be saved for one year. Read our cookie policy
  • Necessary
    These cookies are not optional. They are needed for the website to function.
  • Statistics
    In order for us to improve the website's functionality and structure, based on how the website is used.
  • Experience
    In order for our website to perform as well as possible during your visit. If you refuse these cookies, some functionality will disappear from the website.
  • Marketing
    By sharing your interests and behavior as you visit our site, you increase the chance of seeing personalized content and offers.
Save Refuse all Accept all
GDPR Cookie Policy