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Best Practices for Source Code Security

Following these source code security best practices allows your developers to protect your application from reverse engineering attacks.

A Developer’s Guide to Open-Source Code Management

The power of open source code lies in the massive number of developers who contribute to it and test it. However, the same elements that make open-source code so appealing also make it vulnerable to security risks.

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Vulnerability Scanning vs Penetration Testing: Key Differences

When it comes to cybersecurity, there are two critical processes to help ensure your system is well-protected from malicious actors; vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. While both concepts aim to secure a particular aspect of the network or piece ...

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App Security Is Reputation Security

According to a 2023 report by IBM, the average data breach cost has risen 15% over the last three years to a staggering 4.45 million US dollars. As a result, 51% of companies have increased their app security investments, realizing the urgent need to minimize...

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7 Common App Security Misconfigurations

Everyone makes mistakes at work. That’s human nature. People get distracted and forget things. Most of the time, it’s no big deal. For one Pentagon staffer, however, a simple oversight led to a data leak that exposed U.S. military emails to the enti...

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The Importance of Automated Code Review for App Security

With cyber threats evolving at an alarming rate, safeguarding your applications against vulnerabilities has never been more critical. Cybercrime is currently projected to cost approximately $10.5 globally starting in 2025. Using tools such as automated c...

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Common Software Vulnerabilities You Need to Protect Against

In order to improve your team’s ability to anticipate potential issues and guard against them, it’s essential to have a solid understanding of the many types of software vulnerabilities. While there are certainly more than we’ve been able to list today, we’ve...

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SAST vs. SCA: What’s the Difference?

Many different types of security tests are available to developer teams. However, some can only work in specific environments, and others might only work once the application is running. That’s precisely why SAST and SCA are so important for protecting your a...

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The Cost of Poor Source Code Quality

To boost your bottom line, you must produce top-notch code and identify and fix all instances of low-quality code. Low-quality code refers to poorly written code containing bugs and readability issues, among other problems. Poor code quali...

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The Benefit of Using SAST Testing Tools During Code Review

With malicious actors getting smarter than ever, developers need to stay one step ahead when protecting their applications from security threats. However, it can be challenging to rely solely on humans to detect problematic areas during the code review proces...

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Scared of a Data Breach? You Should Be

Data breaches are not only a massive headache for companies to deal with — they can also cause severe legal and financial implications. Software developers and companies have become more wary of data breaches in recent years. Although cybersecurity aware...

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Coding With AI? You Need a Security Partner Like Kiuwan

Great code isn’t easy to write. Despite the many blog posts that promise people can learn to code in a few weeks with the latest boot camp, most developers take years to hone their craft. Computers speak in absolutes — 1s and 0s. Humans speak in messy, imprec...

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Best Practices for Source Code Security

A Developer’s Guide to Open-Source Code Management

Vulnerability Scanning vs Penetration Testing: Key Differences

App Security Is Reputation Security

7 Common App Security Misconfigurations

The Importance of Automated Code Review for App Security

Common Software Vulnerabilities You Need to Protect Against

SAST vs. SCA: What’s the Difference?

The Cost of Poor Source Code Quality

The Benefit of Using SAST Testing Tools During Code Review

Scared of a Data Breach? You Should Be

Coding With AI? You Need a Security Partner Like Kiuwan

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