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The costs of unsecure apps are becoming clearer and clearer every day. Are we doing everything we can and should to lessen the risk? When you put in place an information security awareness policy, you will be able to make security responsibilities part of your company's security protocols and practices.
What Is Security Awareness?
What Is Security Awareness?
Workplace security awareness is a proactive way to protect yourself from online or offline threats.
A good security awareness program should teach all employees (especially developers) to use good security practices. A company that changes its security mindset and gives its employees security training can make their business and employees safer (plus customers and their data).
Whether it's lost customer data, misplaced data or unwanted system access, it's not a matter of "if" but "when". To build a preventative model, you must first identify individuals' most prevalent errors so that suitable training and/or countermeasures can be implemented to protect or fight against such assaults.
Security is a balance between staying safe and not affecting the firm financially and maximizing UX and consumer convenience. Frustrated consumers weaken security standards to maximize customer comfort and use, without properly comprehending or analyzing the risk-to-benefit ratio.
Similarly, security might be neglected throughout the development cycle, especially if it slows down. The goal is to discover and remediate vulnerabilities early, be secure by design, and minimize the window of exposure.
Don’t Blame the Developers
Don’t Blame the Developers
Developers focus on today's business needs and provide high-quality software on time to maximize sales and profitability. Bugs emerge in code, not because engineers are lazy or careless about code quality and security, but because the company prioritizes workable code above security code.
Being informed that their code is vulnerable 6-12 months after it was created causes animosity and extra procrastination. A secure application is one that has all of these activities performed and all vulnerabilities fixed.
Organizations must include testing into their SDLC and teach their developers to produce more secure code. Identifying which teams or developers are more prone to vulnerabilities allows for more targeted training so as to avoid repeating errors.
More Frequent Detection
More Frequent Detection
In sensitive contexts, developers are always pushed to deliver quickly. Automated security testing solutions (such as CyberHunter) may be integrated into current environments rather than depending on security testing after the developer has moved on.
The current testing tools available only identify known vulnerabilities and attempt to establish whether the application is exploitable (frequently with inaccurate findings – the classic false positive problem). Because of this, developers are unable to prioritize vulnerabilities for repair, slowing down performance. These instruments are then supplemented by time-consuming and costly hand testing performed a few times each year. This lack of automation hinders the whole development and release process, as well as any on-the-go awareness training.
Development, operations, and security teams can instead boost workflow efficiency and trust by automating tedious procedures and incorporating tools into CI/CD pipelines.
Cyberhunter's AI-powered Application Testing Suite of Solutions makes it easy to set up an environment with integrated and automated testing. Developers can use our tools that work well with agile development or unit testing, allowing them to find, prioritize and fix security issues early and learn from mistakes so they don't happen again.
Visit us online at cyberhunter.solutions or call us at (833) 292-4868 today for more information.
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