We all need to demand more -- the status quo cannot stand. SQL injection is something we cannot tolerate in our systems. Our current attempts to rid our systems of it and other security weaknesses are proving inadequate. We cannot give up either. Rugged Software just may be a reasonable starting point for us all to think differently about things.

With more than 20 years in the information security field, Kenneth van Wyk has worked at Carnegie Mellon University's CERT/CC, the U.S. Deptartment of Defense, Para-Protect and others. He has published two books on information security and is working on a third. He is the president and principal consultant at KRvW Associates LLC in Alexandria, Va.

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