RE: Proposed action: Establishing CWE/CAPEC Crypto Working Group

2021-09-08 Thread Chris Eng
Is it the goal of CWE to provide prescriptive guidance on these things? If so, then you might need a working group to keep up with developments in the space, since NIST updates infrequently and usually lags behind industry best practices. Or is it enough just to have categories for insecure

Proposed action: Establishing CWE/CAPEC Crypto Working Group

2021-09-08 Thread Alec J Summers
Dear Board Members, Good morning! I hope you all had an excellent holiday weekend. I wanted to update you all on a plan of action around establishing a cryptography working group. Unlike many other topics covered by CWE, cryptography requires highly specialized knowledge to perform correctly.