2 Threats
The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.
—Saul Alinsky
Threats are omnipresent, but you can live with them if you manage them. Software is no different, except that you don’t have the benefit of millions of years of evolution to prepare yourself. That is why you need to adopt a software security mindset, which requires you to flip from the builder’s perspective to that of the attackers. Understanding the potential threats to a system is the essential starting point in order to bake solid defenses and mitigations into your software designs. But to perceive these threats in the first place, you’ll have to stop ...
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