Regulation and compliance are continuously driving adoption of security and identity management technology, and while leading vendors are successful in providing end-to-end tools for larger enterprises, there is lower uptake among small and medium-sized shops, an industry analyst said.
Code writers now occupy the front line in the battleground of software security as the defence shifts from perimeter protection to prevention function that
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Education and training play a crucial role in secure code writing, says Howard Schmidt, CEO of R&H Security Consulting in Issaquah, Wash. and a former White House cybersecurity advisor. The onus is on software companies to ensure they either hire code developers trained in secure code authoring or provide themselves the necessary training needed by programmers so that they are able to write more secure code, he says.