The Rugged software initiative was founded by 451 Group Enterprise Security Practice Research Director Joshua Corman, Monterey Group Executive Director David Rice and Aspect Security CEO Jeff Williams. The most tangible part of Rugged is its manifesto, which is aimed at developers. There’s a growing list of entities that are all about baking security into the development process. Builders are under a ton of pressure to create something quickly so it can be brought to market quickly, says John Defterios. Developers need an entity that will be their friend and guide them though all technical requirements, he says.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2134625/rsa-2011–in-search-of-rugged.html

