Secretary of State Debra Bowen has mandated new security standards for California’s e-voting systems
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[Editor's Note (Valle): Another example of how difficult it is to write secure code and why security needs to be a top priority when creating new software. To this end the SANS Institute has recently created the GIAC Secure Software Programmer Certification (GSSP) which will be the first exam of its kind to test a developer's secure coding skills. http://www.sans-ssi.org/ ]
