Understanding Software Security

Software security is a newly emerging feature of software systems that cannot be overlooked by software development companies.

Ensar Seker
4 min readJun 3, 2020

This concept shows how developers, architects, and computer scientists begin to build systematically secured software. In short, “software security” is the point at which software removes software problems from the problem itself.

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The main goal of software security is to build better defects — free software that still works correctly after a malicious attack. Software security has come a long way in recent years, but we have really only just begun.

The idea of software security essentially involves a proactive approach that takes place during the pre-launch phase. The software problem is the result of a lack of security in the initial phase of the development and introduction of software systems.

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Let us consider how software security fits into the overall concept of operational security and examine best practices for building security. The best approach in the area of software security is to think about security in the lifecycle of…

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