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Where Does Secure Coding Belong In the Curriculum?
From: James.McGovern at thehartford.com (McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT))
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:07:12 -0400
Here is where my enterpriseyness will show. I believe the answer to the question of where secure coding belongs in the curiculum is somewhat flawed and requires addressing the curiculum holistically. If you go to art school, you are required to study the works of the masters. You don't attempt to paint a Picasso in the first semester, yet us IT folks think it is OK to write code before studying the differences between good code and bad code. If a student never learns good from bad and over time develops bad habits, then teaching security at ANY stage later in life is the wrong answer. We need to remix the way IT is taught in Universities and revisit the fundamentals of how to approach IT as a whole. My second and conflicting opinion says that Universities shouldn't be teaching secure code as they won't get it right. Students should understand the business/economic impact that lack of secure coding causes. If this is left strictly to Universities, it will most certainly feel academic (in the bad sense). A person doesn't become a real IT professional until they have a few years of real-world experience under their belts and therefore maybe this is best left to their employers as part of professional development and/or Master's programs that are IT-focused but not about the traditional computer-science/software engineering way of thinking... http://twitter.com/mcgoverntheory ************************************************************ This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this communication and destroy all copies. ************************************************************ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://krvw.com/pipermail/sc-l/attachments/20090820/ab100fed/attachment-0001.htm
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