Name Robert Seacord | Role Writer | |
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Books Secure coding in C and C++, The CERT C Secure Coding St, Modernizing Legacy Systems, The CERT Oracle Secure C, The CERT® C Coding St |
Appsec eu 2017 dangerous optimizations and the loss of causality by robert c seacord
Robert C. Seacord (born June 5, 1963) is an American computer security specialist and writer. He is the author of books on computer security, legacy system modernization, and component-based software engineering. He has a Bachelor in computer science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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- Appsec eu 2017 dangerous optimizations and the loss of causality by robert c seacord
- REcon 2016 Dangerous Optimizations and the Loss of Causality Robert C Seacord
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Robert C. Seacord is a Principal Security Consultant at NCC Group. Robert previously lead the Secure Coding Initiative in the CERT Division of Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Pittsburgh, PA. Seacord is an adjunct professor in the Carnegie Mellon University School of Computer Science and in the Information Networking Institute and part-time Faculty at the University of Pittsburgh.
Seacord started programming professionally for IBM in 1982, working in communications and operating system software, processor development, and software engineering. Robert also has worked at the X Consortium, where he developed and maintained code for the Common Desktop Environment and the X Window System.
Seacord is a technical expert for the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 international standardization working group for the C programming language.