Dark Reading: Tech Insight: 5 Myths Of Software Security

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Why do vulnerabilities keep cropping up in software? Here are five reasons -- and what developers can do about them

Dec 07, 2012
By Jason Sachowski, Contributing Writer
(ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau

[Jason Sachowski is a security professional at ScotiaBank. His content is contributed through the auspices of the (ISC)2 Executive Writers Bureau.]

Today's businesses rely heavily on software -- and increasingly, so do individuals. Yet with so much riding on our applications, we continue to see new vulnerabilities crop up every day -- and major data breaches as a result.

Why isn't software more secure? Some of the problem has to do with the development process, and some of it has to do with the need to better integrate software security with business needs. Let's look at some of the myths that continue to surround the software development process -- and how these myths contribute to the continuing vulnerability problem.

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