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Taylor Armerding

  • Security Advocate, Synopsys Software Integrity Group and Contributor
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Security Advocate at Synopsys Software Integrity Group; musician, bike rider
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Get to know the BSIMM — a crowd-sourced guidebook for your journey to better software security

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By Taylor Armerding
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Taylor Armerding · Follow 8 min read · -- If you’re in business, chances are about 100% that you’re a software business — you rely on it even if your product isn’t specifically a software product. Which means Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM) is not only a tool you should use, it’s also a club you should join. Indeed, BSIMM, the subject of an annual report by software security company Black Duck now in its 15th iteration, is an example of that cliché about many hands making light work.
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Both good and bad guys showing that LLMs aren’t ready for prime time

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By Taylor Armerding
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Taylor Armerding · Follow Published in Nerd For Tech · 7 min read · -- It’s common — and wise — to try out a new product before putting it on the market to see if it functions as intended or has some defects that weren’t caught during its development. That way you can fix problems before they start plaguing your customers. There are multiple slang terms for it — test drive, trial run, shakedown cruise, etc.
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These software packages contain “presents” you don’t want to open

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By Taylor Armerding
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Taylor Armerding · Follow Published in Nerd For Tech · 6 min read · -- In the forever cat-and-mouse game between ethical builders and users of software and malicious hackers looking to exploit any weaknesses they can find in that software, the good guys have made some progress. Modern software, thanks to more rigorous security testing, is more secure. Still a long way from perfect, but better. That’s the good news. The bad news is that criminal hackers, as always, are endlessly adaptive.
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