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Your Guide to Secure by Design and Data Protection





  • Secure by Design is a strategy in the software industry that continues to gain traction over time. To counter the growing cyberthreats and cyberattacks, it just makes sense for organizations and software developers to improve the security of their software and to ensure their software development, functionality, and deployments are safer.
  • Secure by Design shifts the focus from reactive security measures to building security into the digital asset, software, system, application, and of course data environments. With more industry awareness about security, Secure by Design adoption has grown, and it emphasizes architecture considerations to build more secure systems from the start of the software development process.
  • Secure by Design has gained significant traction in recent years in part due to a more educated professional workforce in the security space, paired with the increased need to respond to growing cyberthreats.
  • Some industries, such as Financial Services, have been at the forefront of cybersecurity, and have recognized that security must be a key requirement and prerequisite on every software or system.
  • Another reason to think about adopting Secure by Design has been the growing disclosure of vulnerabilities in all software, including open source components that are widely used.


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