New certification for Software Assurance

The leading association for the certification of IT professionals, today announced the launch of a new exam of Microsoft, which is the quality and reliability of software throughout its entire life cycle, from development to Entsorgung.Das International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc.. (ISC) 2 is known, plans to offer the first test for the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) in June 2009, although the first class of programmers to obtain certification by virtue of their experience in professionals, is now set. The first group will contribute to the development of education programs and four-time analysis for future candidates. "It is not easy to pass inspection," said W. Hord Tipton CEO. "You must go, many things to learn about a lot steps in software [development] life cycle." The program aims to meet the long-term safety concerns about the quality of software development. Long operating system targeted by hackers, the vulnerabilities in the code to control the host computer or execute malicious code. In recent years, web browser, applications, and a growing number of third-party online applications and tools have become popular targets and vectors for malicious code. A number of companies such as Microsoft, the initiative to improve the quality of software. But although the accepted best practices for secure software development and tools for assessing the quality of the program, the practice was not formally established in the industry. "Too often, security at the end of the life cycle of the software in response to a threat or" bolted after exposure, said Howard A. Schmidt, (ISC) 2 members of the board and president of the Information Security Forum. "New applications lack basic safety measures are developed every day, and ignore the thousands of existing vulnerabilities." Schmidt, a former White House cyber adviser said MCITP Certification, the need for a proactive program, verifiable, repeatable and sustainable improvements to make the certification of the quality of software code könnte.Die fill-neutral language and any kind software, the operating system of the client backend applications, including CSSLP Firmware.Die grown security efforts Forum software by Software Assurance, improve program Homeland Security Department, Ministry of Defense and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, created in partnership with industry and academic organizations. "We've been working for about two years," said Tipton. "We Gathered smartest people we seek" among users and software developers, the program entwickeln.Das goal is not only an established body of knowledge and skills behind the certification, but also broad support in the industry have . (ISC) 2, with a focus on from a number of organizations, personnel certified under the program, including Microsoft, SRA International, Xerox, Frost & Sullivan, the SANS Institute, a secure code and the National Association of Software Services Companies India received (ISC) 2 in August began accepting applications from professionals for the first batch of certification in professional experience and expertise to get, and the application for review experience to take until March 2009. Candidates will be assessed according to strict criteria to help evaluate their career and the successful candidates and making the final development of the certification exam. Seminars for the exam are expected in the first quarter of next year, said the first test set for the end of June beginnen.Schmidt he expects nearly 1,000 developers in the first class of the receiver its CSSLP, with several thousand more More training for the first test. In the United States, Germany and India, the primary focus of software development, the first target market for the 70-680 although it offered worldwide.