Secure Programming Exams Launched

Posted by kdawson on Thursday March 29, 2007 @03:45AM from the overflowing-with-knowledge dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The SANS Software Security Institute, in conjunction with organizations such as Siemens, Symantec, Juniper, OWASP, and Virginia Tech, has announced a program for testing whether programmers know how to write secure code. The Secure Programming Skills Assessment is split into separate language families (C/C++, Java/J2EE, Perl/PHP, and ASP/.NET). Director of research Alan Paller says 'This assessment and certification program will help programmers learn what they don't know, and help organizations identify programmers who have solid security skills.' The pilot exam will be held in Washington DC in August, followed by a global rollout."

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and in the spirit of computer security... by 192939495969798999 · 2007-03-29 04:06 · Score: 4, Funny

can we expect to see the answer keys posted to about 100 .ru sites in a week?

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Re:If only by Big+Boss · 2007-03-29 04:11 · Score: 3, Funny

One "Hello World" coming right up!
Re:There is no language named C/C++ ! by happyfrogcow · 2007-03-29 05:07 · Score: 2, Funny

That depends. How long will it take forum posters to realize that "/" is often used as abbreviation for "and" and "or"?

I've been wondering the same thing here on AndDot for some time now. Or is that OrDot?