<p>Robert Seacord, author of Effective C, The CERT C Coding Standard and Secure Coding in C and C++, discusses why the C programming language can be insecure, the top 5 security issues and the tools and techniques you can employ to write secure code in C.</p>

Robert Seacord, author of Effective C, The CERT C Coding Standard and Secure Coding in C and C++, discusses why the C programming language can be insecure, the top 5 security issues and the tools and techniques you can employ to write secure code in C.

Episode 494: Robert Seacord on Avoiding Defects in C Programming

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Episode 494: Robert Seacord on Avoiding Defects in C Programming

Episode 494: Robert Seacord on Avoiding Defects in C Programming