The function of academia is not to teach programming techniques, but to teach concepts, principles, and methods of thinking that students can apply to new situations. As the discipline of computer science matures, the ability to write secure code should be considered as fundamental to a university computer science undergraduate as basic literacy.
Index Terms:
training, computer science, education, secure programming
Citation:
Matt Bishop, Deborah A. Frincke, "Teaching Secure Programming," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 3, no. 5, pp. 54-56, Sep./Oct. 2005, doi:10.1109/MSP.2005.133