Security Tools



Software quality is strongly connected to the security of production quality applications. In this presentation a number of tools that can improve overall software quality and security are presented. The presentation will start by listing categories of security tools for development and then move into examples of tools that have helped actual applications.

The goal for this presentation is to inspire developers to produce higher quality software.

The last line of defense which is runtime protection is also presented with examples from Java Virtual Machine, OpenBSD string functions and Mac OS X sandboxing.