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Registration for security-focused developer exams 70-330 and 70-340 begins June 28.

• By Michael Domingo
• 06/28/2004

Microsoft recommends that candidates who plan to take Exam 70-330, Implementing Security for Applications with Visual Basic .NET, have at least three years of experience developing secure Web- and Windows-based applications, with a year's experience specifically using Visual Studio .NET 2003.

To develop security-related coding skills, Microsoft recommends the following courses and study guides:

• 2300, Developing Security-Enhanced Web Applications (
• 2350, Developing and Deploying Secure Microsoft .NET Framework Applications
• 2806, Microsoft Security Guidance Training for Developers
• 2840, Developing Secure Applications
• MCAD/MCSD Self-Paced Training Kit: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET (Microsoft Press, available August 2004)
• Writing Secure Code, Second Edition, by Michael Howard and David LeBlanc (Microsoft Press, ISBN 0735617228)
• "Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures," from MSDN Library Online.

Exam 70-340, Implementing Security for Applications with Visual C# .NET, has similar recommendations and prerequisites, but the concentration is on secure application development with Visual C# .NET.

To view the exam objectives:

• 70-330: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-330.asp
• 70-340: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-340.asp

For Visual Studio information and resources, go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/.