CERT Coding Standards

{{Short description|Security-oriented software standards}}

The SEI CERT Coding Standards are software coding standards developed by the CERT Coordination Center to improve the safety, reliability, and security of software systems.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9aNTafcb3IC|title=Secure Coding in C and C++|first=Robert C.|last=Seacord|date=23 March 2013|publisher=Addison-Wesley|isbn=9780132981972|via=Google Books}}{{cite web|url=https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/c/Introduction|title=Introduction - SEI CERT C Coding Standard - CERT Secure Coding Standards|website=www.securecoding.cert.org}} Individual standards are offered for C, C++, Java, Android OS, and Perl.{{cite web |title=SEI CERT Coding Standards |url=https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/seccode/SEI+CERT+Coding+Standards |website=CERT Secure Coding - Confluence}}

Guidelines in the CERT C Secure Coding Standard are cross-referenced with several other standards including Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) entries and MISRA.{{cite web|url=https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/FF.+Related+Guidelines|title=SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Related Guidelines|access-date=October 15, 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://www.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/coding-practices/mitre-cwe-and-cert-secure-coding-standards|title=MITRE CWE and CERT Secure Coding Standards - US-CERT|website=www.us-cert.gov|access-date=2017-09-09|archive-date=2019-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810154247/https://www.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/coding-practices/mitre-cwe-and-cert-secure-coding-standards|url-status=dead}}