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Programmers told to put security over creativity
Link to story: http://news.com.com/2100-1009_3-5183...l?tag=nefd_top
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Programmers told to put security over creativity
Last modified: April 1, 2004, 4:07 PM PST
By Robert Lemos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Certification for programmers, better education and even new laws are needed to improve software security, stated a report published Thursday by a coalition of corporate security experts, academic researchers and government agencies.
The report--the third of five expected to be published in March and April by the National Cyber Security Partnership--proposes changes to education, software development and patching as well as incentives to convince software makers to improve the security of their wares.
The broad swath of initiatives is needed to help companies improve the quality of their software, said Scott Charney, chief security strategist for Microsoft and co-chairman of the Security Across the Software Development Life Cycle Task Force.
"There is no silver bullet for making software secure," he said in a statement.
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