Why Should Developers Care About Security?

by Jeff Knutson

Wed, Oct 01, 2008
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Security. The very word generates strong reactions from ALL developers, most often negative. Is security really such a bad thing? Is security hard? As a rank-and-file developer, why should I care about security? In this session, I will talk about reasons to care about security, show how to find security holes in applications, show ways to fix these holes, and demonstrate techniques to improve the application security. This session assumes no prior working knowledge of security, encryption, or any other $0.25 words that seem hard. Think of this session as application developer security 101.

About the Author

Jeff Knutson is the Principal Consultant for Good Guy Consulting in Minneapolis, MN. Jeff's primary technology interests include web services and security. He has over 14 years experience with various Microsoft development technologies and holds numerous Microsoft certifications. If he had spare time it would be spent with family/friends, golfing, trying to get to the gym, and of course, improving his technology skills!