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Secure Coding

What is Secure Coding?

Secure coding is the design of code that follows best practises for code security. It protects published code from known, unknown, and unexpected vulnerabilities, such as security exploits, the loss of cloud secrets, embedded credentials, shared keys, confidential business data, and personally identifiable information.

Why is Secure Coding Important?

Secure coding shows a change in responsibility by making the developer, not a security team, responsible for the security of the code. This also makes it easier to use the Shift-left security idea, which is already widely used as part of the best practises for the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Secure coding adds an abstraction layer that checks both the code that is already there and any new code that is added to a code repository. It helps enforce best practises, which in turn enforce production-ready code standards and keep developers from making mistakes or "cutting corners" to meet tight deadlines.

references

checkpoint(2017). What is Secure Coding?. Available at: https://www.checkpoint.com/cyber-hub/cloud-security/what-is-secure-coding/ (Accessed 8/12/ 2022).