A group of security experts recently announced the creation of the Rugged Software Development Initiative.

"The Rugged Software Development Initiative is basically a foundation for creating resilient software that can stand up to attackers while performing its business or other functions, according to Joshua Corman, research director for the enterprise security practice at The 451 Group," writes DarkReading's Kelly Jackson Higgins.

"Corman, along with Jeff Williams, chair of OWASP and CEO of Aspect Security, and David Rice, director of The Monterey Group and author of Geekonomics, came up with the idea for the initiative," Higgins writes. "It's more of 'a value system' for writing secure software, versus a compliance program, according to its founders, who hope to incorporate the tenets of rugged code development into computer science programs at universities."

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