Microsoft is sponsoring an undergrad course at Leeds, UK, in writing secure software.
Microsoft UK Chief Security Officer Stuart Okin said: “We are working with the University of Leeds because until now Computer Science graduates in this country were not obtaining adequate theoretical or practical experience. For instance, the module will educate students about buffer over-runs and how to avoid the pitfalls such as those exposed in the recent Slammer virus outbreak.”…
“This is a very important step towards introducing security engineering into mainstream computer science and software engineering,” said Harrison. “It is a serious omission that we have been training the next generation of software developers without this emphasis on security design principles and I hope other universities will follow this lead.”
(Thanks, jbrewer!)