The software behind today’s cyberattacks
Software security issues are causing greater impact on the software industry as it is increasingly integrated into critical infrastructures including transportation and healthcare facilities, as well as personal devices. Security threats are always looking to discover vulnerabilities. Software that isn’t safe enough can be used to extort money and data breaches, in addition to other malicious activities.
Avoiding attacks before they occur is the most effective way to secure useful reference software. This requires a combination of methods that include patching the software, keeping it up to current and utilizing the principle of least privilege. It also requires a secure structure, and also coding the best practices such using cryptography, data validity and programming language that safely manages memory allocations.
These days, there are a myriad of commercially available solutions (COTS) to ensure that your system is safe. If you’re creating software from scratch or are part of a DevOps team, the goal is to integrate security into the development process so that it is integrated into the application right away. This cuts down on the amount of work needed to address issues in production.
The benefits of designing software security outweigh the costs. By using security-by design methodologies and best practice frameworks, software developers can cut down on the impact and number of vulnerabilities that are introduced into production, limit the amount of undiscovered vulnerabilities and address quickly any new vulnerabilities that are discovered. And because it’s 6 times more costly to fix a bug in production, it’s essential to make sure it’s done right the first time around.