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Evaluation of CERT Secure Coding Rules through Integration with Source Code Analysis Tools

June 2008 Technical Report
Stephen Dewhurst, Chad Dougherty, Yurie Ito, David Keaton, Dan Saks, Robert C. Seacord, David Svoboda, Chris Taschner, Kazuya Togashi (JPCERT/CC)

In this report, the authors describe a study to evaluate CERT Secure Coding Standards and source code analysis tools in commercial software projects.

Publisher:

Software Engineering Institute

CMU/SEI Report Number

CMU/SEI-2008-TR-014

DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
10.1184/R1/6573572.v1

Abstract

This report describes a study conducted by the CERT Secure Coding Initiative and JPCERT to evaluate the efficacy of the CERT Secure Coding Standards and source code analysis tools in improving the quality and security of commercial software projects. In addition to assessing the ability of existing tools to detect violations of the standard, the ability to extend and improve the tools is surveyed. Finally, the use of a selected tool to improve the quality of code in the real-world case of a Japanese software vendor's product is described.