Editor’s Note: In an excerpt from their book Embedded System Security, the authors assess the role of C and C++ coding standards and how compliance leads to more secure code. Most safety and quality ...

Some disputes within the development community seem to be perennial, popping up every so often like this year's crop of thistles (forgive the analogy; I live in farming country). I'm not talking about ...

Application size and complexity has compounded significantly over the last decade. Take the automotive sector as an example. According to The New York Times, 20 years ago, the average car had a ...

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Research by the U.S. National Institute of Security Technology found that 64% of software vulnerabilities stem from programming errors. Such findings explain the increasing trend of governments, ...