Software Security Best Practices Are Changing, Finds New Report

About time I had something good to report about security and IoT.
 
October 2nd, 2018,  By Jack M.Germain
 
Independent software vendors, along with Internet of Things and cloud vendors, are involved in a market transformation that is making them look more alike. The similarities are evident in the way they approach software security initiatives, according to a report from Synopsys.
 
Synopsys on Tuesday released its ninth annual Building Security in Maturity Model, or BSIMM9. The BSIMM project provides a de facto standard for assessing and then improving software security initiatives, the company said.
 
Based on 10 years of conducting the software study, it is clear that testing security correctly means being involved in the software development process, even as the process evolves, said Gary McGraw, vice president of security technology at Synopsys.
 
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