Secure and Safe Software

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Secure and Safe Software

Security and safety mean protecting against malicious actors seeking to steal sensitive information or disrupt operations via cyberattacks, as well as safeguarding information or solutions from accidental loss or misuse. This also applies to physical safety protocols like strong passwords, multi-factor authentication and encryption.

The most important factor in ensuring a secure and safe product lies during the design phase. Ideally, a company will integrate security into the software development life cycle (SDLC) rather than putting it as an afterthought. It should be integrated into the planning phase, well before the first code line is written.

Clearly identifying and setting security requirements, and educating developers to build in accordance with these requirements, using top-of-the-line tools to find weaknesses during testing, using secure code practices, communicating standards to third parties and ensuring the compliance of the standards, establishing processes for managing dependencies from open source and ensuring that all releases are protected from unauthorized access after they are released. It is essential to safeguard the product following release by using transparent vulnerability reporting, and secure forms of authentication that are phishing-resistant.

Finally, businesses should use automated SAST to examine their code for MISRA violations rather than conducting the checks manually line-by-line. Klocwork is a tool that will help you save time and provide a consistent and efficient method of evaluating MISRA compliance. Sign up for an Klocwork free trial to learn more about this solution for protecting against MISRA violations within your software. This will help protect your products, brand and customers from cyber threats.