Maybe it depends on the vertical? What vertical(s) did you find it a distraction in?
gem -----Original Message----- From: Michael Silk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon Mar 12 17:34:56 2007 To: Gary McGraw Cc: SC-L@securecoding.org Subject: Re: [SC-L] Darkreading: compliance On 3/13/07, Gary McGraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi sc-l, > > this month's darkreading column is about compliance. my own belief is > that compliance has really helped move software security forward. in > particular, sox and pci have been a boon: > > http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=119163 > > what do you think? have compliance efforts you know about helped to > forward software security? no. my feeling is that it focuses management on unimportant things like meeting checkpoints rather then actually doing useful things. gem > > company www.cigital.com > podcast www.cigital.com/silverbullet > blog www.cigital.com/justiceleague > book www.swsec.com > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This electronic message transmission contains information that may be > confidential or privileged. The information contained herein is intended > solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If > you are not the intended recipient (or otherwise authorized to receive > this > message by the intended recipient), any disclosure, copying, distribution > or > use of the contents of the information is prohibited. If you have > received > this electronic message transmission in error, please contact the sender > by > reply email and delete all copies of this message. Cigital, Inc. accepts > no > responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly > from > the use of this email or its contents. > Thank You. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org > List information, subscriptions, etc - > http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l > List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php > SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) > as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. > _______________________________________________ > -- mike 00110001 <3 00110111 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This electronic message transmission contains information that may be confidential or privileged. The information contained herein is intended solely for the recipient and use by any other party is not authorized. If you are not the intended recipient (or otherwise authorized to receive this message by the intended recipient), any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of the information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message transmission in error, please contact the sender by reply email and delete all copies of this message. Cigital, Inc. accepts no responsibility for any loss or damage resulting directly or indirectly from the use of this email or its contents. Thank You. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Secure Coding mailing list (SC-L) SC-L@securecoding.org List information, subscriptions, etc - http://krvw.com/mailman/listinfo/sc-l List charter available at - http://www.securecoding.org/list/charter.php SC-L is hosted and moderated by KRvW Associates, LLC (http://www.KRvW.com) as a free, non-commercial service to the software security community. _______________________________________________
