Dana Epp's ramblings at the Sanctuary: Processes to Produce Secure Software


« Microsoft Progress Report: Security \| Main \| MSDN Webcast: Dave's Top Ten Ways To Secure Your Desktop App » April 01, 2004 Processes to Produce Secure Software Gary fired off a message to SC-L pointing out that the National Cyber Security Partnership released a set of reports about the problems with software security today. Included was a report that he co-authored with Mike and a few others on the process of producing secure software. The principal recommendations in this report are in three categories: Principal Short-term Recommendations Adopt software development processes that can measurably reduce software specification, design, and implementation defects. Producers should adopt practices for producing secure software Determine the effectiveness of available practices in measurably reducing software security vulnerabilities, and adopt the ones that work. The Department of Homeland Security should support USCERT, IT-ISAC, or other entities to work with software producers to determine the effectiveness of practices that reduce software security vulnerabilities. Principal Mid-term Recommendations Establish a security verification and validation program to evaluate candidate software processes and practices for effectiveness in producing secure software. Industry and the DHS establish measurable annual security goals for the principal components of the US cyber infrastructure and track progress. Principal Long-Term Recommendations Certify those processes demonstrated to be effective for producing secure software. Broaden the research into and the teaching of secure software processes and practices. I took a quick look at it just at the end of lunch, and it looks pretty good. I will take a more thorough read of it this afternoon after I finish up on some threat modeling I am currently doing. Happy reading! Posted by SilverStr at April 1, 2004 02:34 PM \| TrackBack		My 5 Favorite Books Writing Secure Code Secure Programming Cookbook Security Engineering Secure Coding Principles & Practice Inside the Security Mind My 5 Favorite Papers Smashing the Stack Penetration Studies Covert Channel Analysis of Trusted Systems DoD Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria NSA Security Recommendation Guides Archives June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 February 2006 January 2006 December 2005 November 2005 October 2005 September 2005 August 2005 July 2005 June 2005 May 2005 April 2005 March 2005 February 2005 January 2005 December 2004 November 2004 October 2004 September 2004 August 2004 July 2004 June 2004 May 2004 April 2004 March 2004 February 2004 January 2004 December 2003 November 2003 October 2003 September 2003 August 2003 July 2003 June 2003 May 2003 April 2003 March 2003 February 2003 January 2003 December 2002 November 2002 October 2002 September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 GeoURL

April 01, 2004

Processes to Produce Secure Software