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Individual Certification of Security Proficiency for Software Professionals: Where Are We? Where Are We Going?

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In this paper, Dan Shoemaker describes existing professional certifications in information assurance and emerging certifications for secure software assurance.
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Software Engineering Institute

Abstract

The software industry needs a universally acknowledged credential to document that a software professional has the requisite knowledge and skills to produce a secure product. This article describes some of the existing professional certifications in information assurance and emerging certifications for secure software assurance.