As the pace of modern software development picks up speed, more threat actors are using that rapid production of applications as opportunities to attack vulnerabilities in your code. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to safeguard your software development life-cycle and improve the security of your applications.
Types of security platforms
Security platforms integrate vendor-specific functions as well as third-party functions, allowing security teams to work more efficiently, faster, and more collaboratively by simplifying integration, improving visibility, sharing intelligence, and automating work-flows across endpoints, cloud, network, and applications.
- Platforms based on a solution: A common example of a platform based on a solution is an endpoint protection platform (EPP), which prevents file-based malware and unwanted or malicious applications from running and causing harm. Many EPP solutions also offer endpoint detection and response (EDR) capabilities for protection against threats that evade initial controls.
- Platforms based on a SIEM or SOAR: Platforms based on SIEM (security information and event management) technology offer visibility and meaningful insights by collecting, aggregating, and analyzing information from different sources.
- Platforms based on a portfolio: Portfolio-based platforms make it easier to integrate the products you use now, as well as scale with products you will want to use in the future. These platforms strengthen your security across network, endpoints, cloud, and applications. They improve collaboration across shared work-flows and teams while helping you realize desired outcomes informed by measurable, meaningful metrics and analytics.
Secure Software Development
Application security can’t be an afterthought in the development process. To build a truly secure application, you have to integrate security practices into all stages of the software development life-cycle, from training to response.
A robust development life-cycle includes a mix of manual and automated testing tools and a focus on giving developers the knowledge they need to prioritize and fix flaws early on, before they cause problems. Vera-code offers world-class training, as well as integrated testing tools and services that can be built into any work-flow, making it easy to continually improve your application security (App-Sec) program.
