Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-21 Thread Pete Werner
Hi All Thank you for your replies, they have been very useful and will certainly help identifying things that need to appear in the standard. We're trying to make the standard something that is easily auditable, and have decided to further split items into two categories, those that should

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-21 Thread Dave Wichers
. -Dave -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Werner Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 1:40 AM To: Secure Coding Subject: Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards? Hi All Thank you for your replies, they have been very

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-17 Thread Steven M. Christey
The CWE Research view (CWE-1000) is language-neutral at its higher-level nodes, and decomposes in some areas into language-specific constructs. Early experience suggests that this view is not necessarily developer-friendly, however, because it's not organized around the types of concepts that

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-14 Thread Robert Seacord
: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards? Hi all I've been tasked with developing a secure coding standard for my employer. This will be a policy tool used to get developers to fix issues in their code after an audit, and also hopefully be of use to developers as they work

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-14 Thread David A. Wheeler
Pete Werner: I've been tasked with developing a secure coding standard for my employer. everything i've found is mostly focussed on web applications or language/platform specific. Does anyone know of something that may be what I'm looking for? It's not exactly what you're looking for, but

[SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-13 Thread Pete Werner
Hi all I've been tasked with developing a secure coding standard for my employer. This will be a policy tool used to get developers to fix issues in their code after an audit, and also hopefully be of use to developers as they work to ensure they are compliant. The kicker is it needs to cover

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-13 Thread AF
Pete Werner wrote: Hi all I've been tasked with developing a secure coding standard for my employer. This will be a policy tool used to get developers to fix issues in their code after an audit, and also hopefully be of use to developers as they work to ensure they are compliant. The kicker

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-13 Thread McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT)
] On Behalf Of Pete Werner Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 7:22 PM To: Secure Coding Subject: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards? Hi all I've been tasked with developing a secure coding standard for my employer. This will be a policy tool used to get developers to fix

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-13 Thread Andrew van der Stock
The OWASP materials are fairly language neutral. The closest document to your current requirements is the Developer Guide. I am also developing a coding standard for Owasp with a likely deliverable date next year. I am looking for volunteers to help with it, so if you want a document that

Re: [SC-L] Language agnostic secure coding guidelines/standards?

2008-11-13 Thread John Steven
All, James McGovern hits the core issue with his post, though I'm not sure how many organizations are self-aware enough to realize it. In practice, his philosophical quandary plays out through a few key questions. Do I: 1) Write technology-specific best-practices or security policy? 2) Couch