Bill Brenner submitted a great post on Rugged at ComputerWorld:
"Unbreakable was a stretch, Rugged more attainable"
My favorite quote:
This is about building a new culture among software developers, one based on toughness and a commitment to keep striving for something better...The idea is that before the code can be made secure, the developers themselves must be toughened up. Vulnerabilities are the result of human error, and if you change the human attitude, good things will follow.
Indeed. Rugged is simple. Rugged is a mindset, it’s a way of connecting “regular” software developers with the specialty of software security, not by demanding extravagant gymnastics or devout compliance with “the one holy truth,” but through small, incremental changes in behavior. It starts with mindset. Just as the notions of “elegance” and “agility” have their own influence on how developers write code, so too can the notion of ruggedness: writing code that can withstand the harshness of cyberspace while delivering unquestionable value to customers.
Thank you for the post, Bill.
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