How Safe are Your Application Designs? Manchester NH

Posted by : Chris Wysopal

Why is application security so important for enterprises in today's business environment?

Gone are the days when security breaches could be pushed aside and dealt with behind closed doors. Security breaches of all flavors have made front-page news since the beginning of 2005--several of which can be blamed on the insecure applications rolled out by organizations to enable online activities for customers and end-users.

Organizations are building more complex applications to run their online businesses, while consumers continue to entrust organization with very sensitive data. Here are the questions your company needs to ask when designing, or even using, application software.

Who should be concerned with application security?

Architects, developers, and project managers developing third-party applications should place emphasis on application security principles. However, vulnerabilities within custom in-house applications are more common and pose significant risk to sensitive information, such as consumers' personal financial information.

What are the inherent security risks in the application design process?

Developers need to build insecure coding techniques, such as encryption, authentication, and passwords. Until recently, many of these techniques have not been taught in college classes for software developers. Therefore, many software engineers writing code are not educated about these techniques and are not aware of potential problems. Fo...

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