With the vast amount of threats that constantly pressure companies and governments, it is important to ensure that the software applications these organizations utilize are completely secure. Secure development is a practice to ensure that the code and processes that go into developing applications are as secure as possible. Secure development entails the utilization of several processes, including the implementation of a Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and secure coding itself.
Integrating security practices into the software development lifecycle and verifying the security of internally developed applications before they are deployed can help mitigate risk from internal and external sources. Using Veracode to test the security of applications helps customers implement a secure development program in a simple and cost-effective way.
The Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) is a software development security assurance process consisting of security practices grouped by six phases: training, requirements & design, construction, testing, release, and response.
One of the important steps in secure development is integrating testing tools and services such as Veracode into the software development lifecycle. These tools allow developers to model an application, scan the code, check the quality and ensure that it meets regulations. Automated secure development testing tools help developers find and fix security issues. Secure development services like Veracode also offer secure development training so that developers can become certified in secure development and gain further education and insight into issues that they may have created.
Secure development can be incorporated into both a traditional software development lifecycle and the rapid pace agile development. BPE also provides the ability to conduct security assessments on applications during the SDLC.