Secure and Safe Software

Security and safety mean protecting against threats from malicious actors that seek to take sensitive information or disrupt operations via cyberattacks, and securing solutions or information from accidental loss or mishandling. This also includes physical security protocols like strong passwords multi-factor authentication, as well as encryption.

The design phase is the key to making a secure and safe product. The ideal is for a company to integrate security into the software development life cycle (SDLC) rather than putting it as an afterthought. It should be included in the planning phase, long before the first code line is written.

Clearly identifying and setting security requirements, as well as training developers to build in accordance with those requirements, using the most advanced tools to discover weaknesses during testing, implementing secure coding practices, communicating standards to third-party vendors while ensuring compliance, establishing processes for managing dependencies between open source sources and ensuring that releases are secured against tampering or unauthorized access after they are released. It’s also important to make sure that the software is secure in the event of a release, using transparent security reporting and phishing-resistant forms of authentication.

Finally, companies can make use of automated SAST instead of manually checking their code for MISRA-compliance. Klocwork is a tool that will save you time and ensure an efficient and consistent approach to evaluating MISRA compliance. Find out more about this efficient solution to avoid MISRA violations within your software by registering for a trial version of Klocwork. This will help protect your brand, products and customers from actual cyber-attacks.

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