The Comedy and Tragedy of Automated Security Source Code Analysis – Act III

November 5th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

ACT III: Reality Sinks In (Read Act I & Act II) THE SOUND of typing can be heard and then suddenly a loud groan of disappointment. DEV LEAD Argggggggggggggggg!!! FADE IN: INT. CORPORATE OFFICE THE DEV LEAD is looking at his bug queue in HP Quality Center, the bug count is 6,894 defects, all assigned to him. [...]

The Comedy and Tragedy of Automated Security Source Code Analysis – Act II

October 11th, 2010 § 5 comments § permalink

ACT II: The Deception (Read Act I Here) FADE IN: WIDE SHOT — The server room, filled with blinking lights and racks of servers. We PAN and FOCUS in on the back of the SALES ENGINEER who is typing away at a terminal. A DEV LEAD sits nearby, looking bored. SALES ENGINEER’S POV — The [...]

The Comedy & Tragedy of Automated Security Source Code Analysis

September 23rd, 2010 § 2 comments § permalink

Comedy & Tragedy

The other day I was asked about how one might integrate Veracode’s application security analysis solution into their nightly software build process. I get this question all the time because it is a popular idea among automated source code analysis tools and the common sense tells you that it’s one of the best ways to [...]

Reflections on the Apple Newton MessagePad Failure on the Eve of the iPad

July 2nd, 2010 § 1 comment § permalink

As I hold on for the long wait for my iPad 3G I was inspired to pull out my Apple Newton MessagePad 120 to baseline how far Apple has come since the Newton was first released in 1993. I was amazed at how unintuitive it was to use and thought about how our perceptions and [...]

CES Round Up – Winners, losers and what you missed

January 11th, 2010 § 0 comments § permalink

I generally stay away from thinking about CES until the week is up and I can look at the big picture. For all the whining that goes on about FUD in the Information Security industry nowhere is there more hype and hyperbole than the annual consumer electronics show (CES) in Las Vegas.  Here is our take on [...]

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