The rise of memory-safe languages, such as Rust, is highlighted as crucial for addressing security issues like buffer overruns and remote code execution vulnerabilities. While languages like Java and Python are now memory-safe, high-performance system-level code was traditionally written in C or C++, which lacked memory safety. Rust allows for high performance and low-level capabilities similar to C, while enforcing certain conventions that eliminate a class of bugs
The integration of Rust into AWS services is seen as enhancing security, and the role of AI in secure software development is discussed by Mark Ryland from Amazon Security during the RSA Conference 2024. ```https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/rise-memory-safe-languages-in-secure-development-a-25245