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This section of the MSDN Security Developer Center contains links to articles that will help you understand security. Learn what Microsoft is doing to make its applications as secure as possible. Also, find training and events and books that focus on building truly secure applications.

SDL Training

An index of Security Development Lifecycle training resources focusing on Threat Modeling, application development

Writing Secure Code

Best practices and how-to articles on writing secure code that can withstand attack and help developers use security features properly.

Security How Tos Index

An index of patterns & practices Security How Tos organized into multiple views by category.

Securing Your Application Platform

Articles on how to secure Microsoft's application platform.

Security Development Lifecycle Tools

Toolset available at no cost to help automate SDL security practices

 

Security Innovation Whitepapers

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Learning Security

Windows 8 app samples
This sample pack includes all the app code examples developed for Windows 8. The sample pack provides a convenient way to download all the samples at ... more
101 LINQ Samples
Learn how to use LINQ in your applications with these code samples, covering the entire range of LINQ functionality and demonstrating LINQ with SQL, D... more
Official Visual Studio 2010 Samples for C# 4.0
These are the official samples for Visual Studio 2010 C# 4.0.

Related Security Sites

  • Black Hat Briefings

    The Black Hat Briefings security conference series serves the information security community by delivering timely, actionable security information in a friendly, vendor-neutral environment.

  • McAfee Anti-Virus Products and Services

    McAfee Security offers antivirus and computer worm software, including Virus Scan Online, Quick Clean Virus, and Virus Scan Wireless.

  • Symantec Security Response

    Symatec Security Response contains information about the latest virus threats and security advisories.

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