Well, this is hardly a matter of who has a more ancient history, there can be no argument about that. It all ultimately comes down to a business decision. Software security has been picking up in the States because consumers are beginning to demand it explicitly in addition to expecting it implicitly. In some cases security can even be used as a competitive differentiator. I don't know if the same trend is unraveling in Europe, but even if it's not, it makes sense that the European companies would focus on the adoption of software security in order to remain competitive in the US market.
Evgeny -------------------------------------------- Evgeny Lebanidze Sr. Security Consultant, Cigital. Inc. evg...@cigital.com -----Original Message----- From: sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org [mailto:sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org] On Behalf Of Benjamin Tomhave Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:56 PM To: Kenneth Van Wyk Cc: Secure Coding Subject: Re: [SC-L] Cigital news (European market) Kenneth Van Wyk wrote: > But I just don't get the feeling that they're trying in any way to > "align themselves with the US market". They'll do their own thing in > their own time, which is as it should be. > That syncs with my limited experience with Europeans, both in the past (the French in particular) and in the present (Dutch). Any suggestion that Europe will "follow" the US is probably an error in judgment and highly likely to offend. We should never forget that we're a mere 233 years old independently compared to their several centuries. The Roman Empire lasted almost twice that long. -ben -- Benjamin Tomhave, MS, CISSP fal...@secureconsulting.net LI: http://www.linkedin.com/in/btomhave Blog: http://www.secureconsulting.net/ Photos: http://photos.secureconsulting.net/ Web: http://falcon.secureconsulting.net/ [ Random Quote: ] "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence." Vince Lombardi _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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. _______________________________________________
