I think many companies are working on making their code more secure however without some sort of penality to the business the others aren't going to invest in security. This in particular is why I like what PCI has done (as an example) enforcing 'some' bare requirements/penalties for not doing While it isn't perfect it's something.
I've spoken with a few organizations debating penalizing a developer financially if they have vulnerabilities in their code. It is actually pretty difficult to enforce without the proper training/policies/procedures in place. I think if a tax existed this would force companies to develop these sorts of programs since it will most likely be less expensive than paying the fine. My $1.50 Regards, - Robert Auger http://www.webappsec.org/ http://www.cgisecurity.com/ > > > --===============1159861409== > Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Apple-Mail-774--974102641; > micalg=sha1; > protocol="application/pkcs7-signature" > > > --Apple-Mail-774--974102641 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed; > delsp=yes > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > FYI, there's a provocative article over on Dark Reading today. > > http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=140184 > > The article quotes David Rice, who has a book out called > "Geekconomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software". In it, he tried > to quantify how much insecure software costs the public and, more > controversially, proposes a "vulnerability tax" on software > developers. He believes such a tax would result in more secure > software. > > IMHO, if all developers paid the tax, then I can't see it resulting in > anything other than more expensive software... 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