C++ Software Security Sins: Basic Issues - C++ Stories
In the world of software development, we are up against new cybersecurity threats each day, and the risks and consequences of un-secure software are too significant to be unaware of.
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Software security is an idea implemented to protect software against malicious attacks and other hacker risks so that the software continues to function correctly under such potential risks. Security is necessary to provide integrity, authentication, and availability.
I’d like to stress the last bullet point: easier to maintain. Finding security bugs is very hard as they might not be obvious and are often related to edge cases of your business logic. Writing secure code from the start reduces the time required to find and fix those bugs.
