[BSDCert] Secure Coding Assessment and Certification

[Jeremy C. Reed]

I read a news article about SANS & Partners Secure Coding Assessment and 
Certification Exams for Programmers.

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11454

This webpage gives a lot of details about it, who is doing this, and how 
they score, etc:

http://www.sans-ssi.org/

I copied and paste the Project Goals from that site:

    * Allow employers to rate their programmers on security skills so they 
can be confident that every project has at least one "security master" and 
all of their programmers understand the common errors and how to avoid 
them.
    * Provide a means for buyers of software and systems vendors to 
measure the secure programming skills of the people who work for the 
supplier.
    * Allow programmers to identify their gaps in secure programming 
knowledge in the language they use and target education to fill those 
gaps.
    * Allow employers to evaluate job candidates and potential consultants 
on their secure programming skills and knowledge.
    * Provide incentive for universities to include secure coding in 
required computer science, engineering, and programming courses.
    * Provide reporting to allow individuals and organizations to compare 
their skills against others in their industry, with similar education or 
experience or in similar regions around the world.

Sounds interesting ...

  Jeremy C. Reed