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Re: Security training of developers and company liability
From: Daniel <deeper () gmail com>
Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 12:42:11 +0000
Well lets step back and apply this approach to other industries: Chef's: What happens if they use their pairing skills to attack old people? Mechanics; What happens if they use their wrenching skills to rob banks? I'm with Stephen on this, ask them to sign a disclosure and that will keep you, and your company, covered. On 12/8/05, Lyal Collins <lyal.collins () key2it com au> wrote:
Obligatory IANAL disclaimer. Is this like asking if a driving instuctor is liable because a former student commits manslaughter or murder with a vehicle? I think the key issues are ethics, and intent. With skills that are more potentially dangerous, ethics and responsbility needs to be part of the skills and knoweldge shared during training. As long as the company's intent is not to attack other sites, and has clear policies against such activities 'on company time' then there should be little issue. What an individual does outside of the workplace comes down to intent and responsibility. TO be real safe, ask your legal team your question, along with thoughts like the above as background. Your jurisidiction may be different, of course. Lyal -----Original Message----- From: James Strassburg [mailto:JStrassburg () directs com] Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2005 3:51 AM To: webappsec () securityfocus com Subject: Security training of developers and company liability I am currently training all of my organization's software developers on web application security. I'm using WebScarab and WebGoat as my primary teaching tools as I feel that seeing how the problems are exploited is much more effective than trying to cover every type of coding mistake that can lead to the problems. My question is about company liability. What if one of the developers used the information learned to attack another site? Is my company liable for their actions as we taught them how to do it? Should I have our legal department create a disclaimer or waiver for them to sign? I will be asking the same questions directly to our legal department but thought a discussion here could provide some more insight and be valuable for others. thanks. James A. Strassburg Jr. Software Security Architect Direct Supply, Inc.
Current thread:
- Security training of developers and company liability James Strassburg (Dec 07)
- Re: Security training of developers and company liability Stephen de Vries (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Clement Dupuis (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Lyal Collins (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Clement Dupuis (Dec 08)
- Re: Security training of developers and company liability Daniel (Dec 08)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Griffiths, Ian (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Brokken, Allen P. (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Jason Gregson (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability James Strassburg (Dec 08)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Jeff Robertson (Dec 08)
- Re: Security training of developers and company liability Daniel (Dec 09)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Harley David (Dec 12)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability James Strassburg (Dec 12)
- RE: Security training of developers and company liability Wall, Kevin (Dec 13)
- Re: Security training of developers and company liability Stephen de Vries (Dec 08)