Robert Schiela

Author

CERT

Robert is a Technical Manager, leading the Secure Coding group, in the Cyber Security Foundations directorate of CERT and the SEI. In this role, he helps the Secure Coding team define and execute research and transition knowledge that improves the state of the art and practice in secure software development.

Robert has been working in the field of information technology, software development, and software development education for more than 20 years. He has been a member of CERT and the Cyber Security Foundations directorate for more than five years, helping to lead research teams and projects. Prior to joining CERT, Robert was the Technical Advisor to the Director of the SEI. Before that position, Robert held positions in the Transition Strategy and Partner Network groups at the SEI. The majority of his work at the SEI has been related to software process improvement, software quality, and security.

October 2018 - Poster Predicting Security Flaws through Architectural Flaws

Authors: Robert Schiela, Rick Kazman

This poster describes efforts toward using automated architecture analysis to identify, prevent, and mitigate security flaws in code.

May 2018 - Webinar Three Software Innovations that DoD Needs Now

Authors: Jeff Boleng, Robert Schiela, Samuel Procter, Lena Pons, Nathan VanHoudnos

Watch Jeff Boleng, Robert Schiela, Samuel Procter, Lena Pons, and Nathan VanHoudnos discuss "Three Software Innovations that DoD Needs Now".

August 2017 - Video SEI Cyber Minute: Secure Coding Standards

Topics: Secure Coding

Authors: Robert Schiela

Watch Bob Schiela as he decribes how SEI Secure Coding Standards have codified best practices for properly using features of specific languages to avoid security flaws in your software, thus reducing vulnerabilities.

November 2016 - Webinar From Secure Coding to Secure Software

Topics: Secure Coding

Authors: Mark Sherman, Robert Schiela

In this webinar, we discussed how you can improve your organization's secure coding capabilities.

July 2016 - Webinar Secure Coding Best Practices

Topics: Secure Coding

Authors: Robert Schiela

Learn why secure coding practices are important to reduce common programming errors that lead to vulnerabilities.

February 2016 - Video SEI Cyber Minute: Secure Coding Certificates

Authors: Robert Schiela

Bob Schiela discusses the "CERT Secure Coding Certificates."

May 2015 - Poster TWC: Small: Empirical Evaluation of the Usability and Security Implications of Application Programming Interface Design