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Component-based systems

Component-based systems

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Component-based systems

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- [Narrator] Most application architectures rely on multiple interconnected components that fit together like puzzle pieces. And if those puzzle pieces don't fit together securely, apps built on those architectures could be exposed to compromise. Those components might include pieces of software, web services, web resources, and/or interchangeable software modules. An example of a component based system would be a web application that includes APIs that are accessible to end users. It might also import other data feeds from around the web to provide more context around the data it processes and stores. More often than not, attackers are less interested in your app than they are in the data processed and stored by your apps. That's why one of the most prominent security concerns with component-based systems is where and how you store the data. If you're app permits client side storage or network attached storage, then…

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