Re: [SC-L] [WEB SECURITY] Are people using Threat modeling?

2010-05-13 Thread McGovern, James F. (P+C Technology)
In my travels, the usage of threat modeling occurs whenever a security resource is assigned to an application development project. This peaked several years ago and now is on the decline as the trend of software development going offshore makes it more challenging to either get a security resourc

Re: [SC-L] What do you like better Web penetration testing orstatic code analysis?

2010-04-16 Thread McGovern, James F. (P+C Technology)
Should a security professional have a preference when both have different value propositions? While there is overlap, a static analysis tool can find things that pen testing tools cannot. Likewise, a pen test can report on secure applications deployed insecurely which is not visible to static analy

Re: [SC-L] blog post and open source vulnerabilities to blog about

2010-03-17 Thread McGovern, James F. (P+C Technology)
This doesn't feel like responsible disclosure and is not the way to announce weaknesses in software. It is best to deal with scenarios that have already been addressed. From: sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org [mailto:sc-l-boun...@securecoding.org] On Behalf Of Matt P