My thoughts... You standards really need more context - the standards for Java thick client vs Java server/web code would be rather different, for example. Make sure your guide gives recomendations specific to the context of the application type.
On that note, other thoughts.... * Robert Seacord's guide is one of the best guides to secure coding in the C++ world but does not address web based or non C++ programming. a) I would also read Ken's book on this topic - great stuff. b) Microsoft books on their trustworthy computing initiative for the .NET world are very well written. * The SANS's courses and certs are really network/infrastructure centric and are not that helpful for the software engineer * The Sun link is way to general - nothing specific to really help the programmer write secure code. * 4-7 are way to general. In the web world, OWASP is by far the best. See: http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Guide_Project - Jim > I am looking for a comprehensive set of secure coding standards to > implement into my dev organization. These standards should cover Java, > Web, and C/C++ as well as guidelines for using features like > encryption, authentication, SSO, SSL, etc. I am open to both publicly > available standards as well as commercially available standards. So > far, I found > > 1. www.securecoding.cert.org <http://www.securecoding.cert.org/> - > thanks to Robert C. Seacord, > http://krvw.com/pipermail/sc-l/2008/001401.html > 2. http://java.sun.com/security/seccodeguide.html > 3. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Cpp_Coding_Standards > 4. DHS Build Security In (kind of) - > https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/daisy/bsi/home.html > 5. SANS Software Security Institute - http://www.sans-ssi.org/ > 6. CERT Top 10 Secure Coding Practices - > > https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/Top+10+Secure+Coding+Practices > 7. SANS GIAC Secure Software Programmer - http://www.sans.org/gssp/ > > I would greatly appreciate any pointers to other links or to > companies who have developed and sell these standards. > > Thanks in advance. > > An0n S3c. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > _______________________________________________ > -- Jim Manico, Senior Application Security Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (301) 604-4882 (work) (808) 652-3805 (cell) Aspect Security™ Securing your applications at the source http://www.aspectsecurity.com --------------------------------------------------------------- Management, Developers, Security Professionals ... ... can only result in one thing. BETTER SECURITY. http://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_NYC_AppSec_2008_Conference Sept 22nd-25th 2008
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