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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Secure software and app development
Security is often not the highest priority during the software development process, leaving organisations vulnerable to attacks. Many organisations run their own applications, or personalised versions of off-the-shelf solutions. One way to prevent insecure software is the Secure Development Lifecyle. SDL is an industry standard, structured approach to application security and covers a set of development best practises to ensure a high level of security and compliance.
Similarly, secure programming, also known as secure coding, is an industry standard practise that focuses on several common software mistakes that are most easily exploited and weaponised by bad actors. By expecting attacks, countermeasures can be integrated in the development and maintenance cycle. Measures to secure existing applications are known as ‘application security’ but are very similar to secure coding by focusing on common mistakes and security flaws as well as rigorous penetration testing of applications. A security philosophy like ‘security by default’ can support secure software as well, this means that the default configuration setting is the most secure setting (limiting open ports, added features, easy access, user rights).
Related keywords: application security, code review, architecture review, security testing, security by design, privacy by design, good software design, good coding practices
Security is often not the highest priority during the software development process, leaving organisations vulnerable to attacks. Many organisations run their own applications, or personalised versions of off-the-shelf solutions. One way to prevent insecure software is the Secure Development Lifecyle. SDL is an industry standard, structured approach to application security and covers a set of development best practises to ensure a high level of security and compliance.
Similarly, secure programming, also known as secure coding, is an industry standard practise that focuses on several common software mistakes that are most easily exploited and weaponised by bad actors. By expecting attacks, countermeasures can be integrated in the development and maintenance cycle. Measures to secure existing applications are known as ‘application security’ but are very similar to secure coding by focusing on common mistakes and security flaws as well as rigorous penetration testing of applications. A security philosophy like ‘security by default’ can support secure software as well, this means that the default configuration setting is the most secure setting (limiting open ports, added features, easy access, user rights).
Related keywords: application security, code review, architecture review, security testing, security by design, privacy by design, good software design, good coding practices