Developer Security

Good security article - Sin City (Las Vegas)

Ken Spencer — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 21:16:00 GMT

Check out this link. This is a good article on security.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdntv/transcripts/20060223CodeRoom3Transcript.aspx

A pragmatic approach to security

Ken Spencer — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:14:00 GMT

One of the most important things in security is to setup a practical set of security features. A layered approach is to me one of the best approaches and it allows you to protect the most important things and make sure they are hard to get to. Lets take a quick look as it applies to home security.

In the case of home security, you buy a house in a nice area. First layer. Then you light it up. We have street lights in front and one in the back (for about 10 bucks a month). There are no dark entrys around my house. Second layer. Then we have a good alarm system. You can hear it for 2 miles around. Third layer. You do not want to find out about my fourth layer. I will be very painful to whoever cracks the other layers.

Software development security is sort of like home security. Over the next few months, we will explore lots of areas that are tied into securing applications.

Check out the Security Developer Center on MSDN

Ken Spencer — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:46:00 GMT

The new Security Developer Center on MSDN has some great links on security topics. This site will be frequently updated and has key things you should know.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/security/securecode/application/default.aspx

Staring out with Security

Ken Spencer — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 01:00:00 GMT

Well, i just got appointed by MS as a MVP of Developer Security. So i plan to start hitting some of my favorite topics here.

I should be starting this topic in a day or so.

Cheers,

Ken