Caleb Sima

According to a 2002 study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), buggy software costs the national economy $60 billion, more than a third of which could be saved through improved software testing alone. Delivering quality applications to the market has become a mandatory requirement as enterprises learn that the cost of fixing security defects after deployment is almost 15 times greater than detecting and eliminating them during development. Developers, QA professionals, and corporate security experts worldwide are beginning to realize the urgency of developing and delivering secure Web applications at all phases of the life cycle. According to the NIST study, the most cost-effective way companies can increase IT security is to buy and build sec... (more)

Top Three Security Mistakes .NET Developers Make

Industry analysts have estimated that over 70% of today's security breaches occur at the application level. Many are due to the exploitation of security defects within the code. Microsoft's renewed commitment to security has focused the development community on the need to develop secure Web applications. With this in mind, Microsoft has added a tremendous number of features to the .NET e... (more)