Secure Programming with Static Analysis

Preface

Following the light of the sun, we left the Old World.

–CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

We live in a time of unprecedented economic growth, increasingly fueled by computer and communications technology. We use software to automate factories, streamline commerce, and put information into the hands of people who can act upon it. We live in the information age, and software is the primary means by which we tame information.

Without adequate security, we cannot realize the full potential of the digital age. But oddly enough, much of the activity that takes place under the guise of computer security isn’t really about solving security problems at all; it’s about cleaning up the mess that security problems create. Virus scanners, firewalls, patch management, ...