Editor’s Note: In an excerpt from their book Embedded System Security, the authors assess the role of C and C++ coding standards and how compliance leads to more secure code. Most safety and quality ...

As you may recall, It's not that I can’t write C per se — it's just that I don’t write very good C (LOL). Thus, I'm currently on a quest to learn C/C++ (see What's the best C/C++ course for someone ...

Research by the U.S. National Institute of Security Technology found that 64% of software vulnerabilities stem from programming errors. Such findings explain the increasing trend of governments, ...

BARR-C:2018 is fully harmonized with MISRA C:2012. Many firmware developers choose to combine bug-killing stylistic rules from the BARR-C standard with safety guidelines from MISRA C. BARR-C:2018 is ...

Some disputes within the development community seem to be perennial, popping up every so often like this year's crop of thistles (forgive the analogy; I live in farming country). I'm not talking about ...

"Secure, high quality software is becoming increasingly an imperative for business success and the well-being of end users in the face of the growing threat landscape," said Andreas Kuehlmann, general ...