Code surety: Secure by design

Total security of applications is probably a pipe dream. However, starting a secure design framework today will markedly improve applications in the future, reports Deb Radcliff.

Applications are anything but static. They may start out with one set of functions, then elements are added on and merged with other applications. As they grow more complex, their vulnerability density increases – a particular problem for applications hosted on the web and migrating to the cloud. “Web applications are the top attack target because they're so difficult to protect,” says Jim Manico, volunteer connections committee chair for the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), and VP of security architecture for WhiteHat Security. “Today, cloud ...
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