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How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers: Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views

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How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers: Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views. / Weir, Charles; Rashid, Awais; Noble, James.
Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Workshop on Security Information Workers. ed. / Robert Biddle; Bill Chu; Heather Lipford; Emerson Murphy-Hill. New York: USENIX Association, 2016. 1.

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Weir, C, Rashid, A & Noble, J 2016, How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers: Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views. in R Biddle, B Chu, H Lipford & E Murphy-Hill (eds), Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Workshop on Security Information Workers., 1, USENIX Association, New York, SOUPS 2016, Denver, United States, 22/06/16. <https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2016/workshop-program/wsiw16/presentation/weir>

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Weir, C., Rashid, A., & Noble, J. (2016). How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers: Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views. In R. Biddle, B. Chu, H. Lipford, & E. Murphy-Hill (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Workshop on Security Information Workers Article 1 USENIX Association. https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2016/workshop-program/wsiw16/presentation/weir

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Weir C, Rashid A, Noble J. How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers: Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views. In Biddle R, Chu B, Lipford H, Murphy-Hill E, editors, Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Workshop on Security Information Workers. New York: USENIX Association. 2016. 1

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Weir, Charles ; Rashid, Awais ; Noble, James. / How to Improve the Security Skills of Mobile App Developers : Comparing and Contrasting Expert Views. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Workshop on Security Information Workers. editor / Robert Biddle ; Bill Chu ; Heather Lipford ; Emerson Murphy-Hill. New York : USENIX Association, 2016.

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abstract = "Programmers{\textquoteright} lack of knowledge and ability in secure development threatens everyone who uses mobile apps. There{\textquoteright}s no consensus on how to empower app programmers to get that knowledge. Based on interviews with twelve industry experts we argue that the discipline of secure app development is still at an early stage. Only once industry and academia have produced effective app developer motivation and training approaches shall we begin to see the kinds of secure apps we need to combat crime and privacy invasions. ",
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