From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)
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Significance of software security
From the course: Developing Secure Software (2015)
Significance of software security
- [Narrator] Almost every aspect of our lives today is touched by software, therefore, software security breaches could have a substantial impact. As a software security professional, an essential part of our job is to raise awareness so that the management invest resources in software security and software developers use the best practices in software security. The most effective way of raising awareness in software security is by talking about its probability and consequences. As we all know, the probability of software security breaches is increasing these days. You can check this out yourself by visiting the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, or CVE, website. The CVE website is a repository of all the reported software vulnerabilities. After going through the CVE list, your management team and software developers will say that the software security threats are real and everywhere. The consequences of software…
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