Blog skiiers versus snowboarders CISSPs vs programmers

[arian.evans at anachronic.com (Arian J. Evans)]

The software security problem is a huge problem. There are not enough
CISSPs to even think about solving this problem.

CISSPs probably should have a tactical role helping categorize,
classify, and facilitate getting things done. Scanner jockeys and
network security folk will lead the operational charge to WAF and
block and such. (good or bad, you're gonna need this stuff, the
problem is just too darn big)

I don't think many good devs who enjoy building are going to want to
change careers to do source code audits. That gets mind numbing
awfully fast.

Developers definitely have a role to play in solving a lot of the
basic syntax-attack stuffs, by proper selection and application of
modern frameworks, technologies, and gap-APIs (like ESAPI). Most
CISSPs lack the skill to provide much value here.

Design issues will always exist, unless users some day wake up and
decide they prefer security over usability. But I don't see that
happening any time soon. Heck, my password on all my work machines is
"password".

$0.02 USD.

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Arian Evans
capitalist marksman. eats animals.



On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Matt Parsons <mparsons1980 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I wrote a blog in the state of software security using the analogy of skiers
> versus snowboarder in the early 90's.
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