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SAFECode Raises the Bar with Latest Guidance in Threat Modeling and Managing Third Party Components
The Software
Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) will be at the RSA (News - Alert)
Conference 2017, February 13-17 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco
providing advanced briefings on two new whitepapers that raise the bar
on secure software development. The white papers include "Managing
Security Risks Inherent in the Use of Third-party Components" and
"Tactical Threat Modeling" and are a culmination of extensive
work and collaboration by SAFECode's cross industry working groups.
The industry-developed and free-of-charge
materials are scheduled for public release in March, 2017.
SAFECode's
Board of Directors will be on hand to discuss among other topics:
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Managing Security Risks Inherent in Third-party Components.
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Threat Modeling as a Cybersecurity Strategy.
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The New Fundamenals for Secure Software Development.
SAFECode Board of Directors will be available for briefings:
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Steven B. Lipner, SAFECode Executive Director (Former Microsoft (News - Alert)
Security Chief).
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Eric Baize, SAFECode Chairman and Senior Director, Product Security
and Trust Engineering, Dell EMC.
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Dr. Frances Paulisch, SAFECode Vice Chairman and Head of the Software
Initiative, Siemens AG (News - Alert).
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David Lenoe, SAFECode Treasurer and Director, Secure Software
Engineering, Adobe.
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Glenn Pittaway, SAFECode Board Member and Senior Director, Trustworthy
Computing Government and Industry Programs, Microsoft.
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David Doughty, SAFECode Board Member and Director of Product Security
Engineering Intel (News - Alert) Corporation.
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Edward Bonver, SAFECode, Board Member and Technical Director of the
Product Security Team for the Symantec Corporation.
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Anders Magnusson, SAFECode, Board Member and Director and Software
Architect at CA (News - Alert) Technologies.
For more information or to schedule a briefing at RSA, please contact
Bob Olson, 978-872-7120, [email protected]
or Jessie Hennion, 781-876-6280, [email protected].
In addition, SAFECode Executive Director, Steve Lipner, "the Father of
SDL" and Cybersecurity Hall of Fame inductee will speak about software
security assurance in the age of the Internet of Things (IoT):
About SAFECode The Software
Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) is a non-profit
organization exclusively dedicated to increasing trust in information
and communications technology products and services through the
advancement of effective software assurance methods. SAFECode is a
global, industry-led effort to identify and promote best practices for
developing and delivering more secure and reliable software, hardware
and services. Learn more at http://safecode.org/.
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