# CERT Coding Standards

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The [SEI](/source/Software_Engineering_Institute) **CERT Coding Standards** are software [coding standards](/source/Coding_standard) developed by the [CERT Coordination Center](/source/CERT_Coordination_Center) to improve the safety, reliability, and security of software systems.[1][2] Individual standards are offered for [C](/source/C_(programming_language)), [C++](/source/C%2B%2B), [Java](/source/Java_(programming_language)), [Android OS](/source/Android_OS), and [Perl](/source/Perl).[3]

Guidelines in the CERT C Secure Coding Standard are cross-referenced with several other standards including [Common Weakness Enumeration](/source/Common_Weakness_Enumeration) (CWE) entries and [MISRA](/source/MISRA).[4][5]

## See also

- [Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures](/source/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures)
- [National Vulnerability Database](/source/National_Vulnerability_Database)

## References

1. Seacord, Robert C. (23 March 2013). [*Secure Coding in C and C++*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Z9aNTafcb3IC). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780132981972. – via Google Books.

1. ["Introduction - SEI CERT C Coding Standard - CERT Secure Coding Standards"](https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/c/Introduction). *www.securecoding.cert.org*

1. ["SEI CERT Coding Standards"](https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/seccode/SEI+CERT+Coding+Standards). *CERT Secure Coding - Confluence*

1. ["SEI CERT C Coding Standard - Related Guidelines"](https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/FF.+Related+Guidelines). Retrieved October 15, 2018.

1. ["MITRE CWE and CERT Secure Coding Standards - US-CERT"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190810154247/https://www.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/coding-practices/mitre-cwe-and-cert-secure-coding-standards). *www.us-cert.gov*. Archived from [the original](https://www.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/knowledge/coding-practices/mitre-cwe-and-cert-secure-coding-standards) on 2019-08-10. Retrieved 2017-09-09.

## External links

- [Official website](https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/seccode/SEI+CERT+Coding+Standards)
- [CERT home page](https://www.cert.org/secure-coding/)
- [2016 SEI CERT C Coding Standard](https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/downloads/secure-coding/assets/sei-cert-c-coding-standard-2016-v01.pdf)
- [2016 SEI CERT C++ Coding Standard](https://resources.sei.cmu.edu/downloads/secure-coding/assets/sei-cert-cpp-coding-standard-2016-v01.pdf)

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