February 3, 2022
The importance of security quality in software development cannot be emphasized enough. Plenty of current or aspiring SaaS founders are discouraged by growing concerns about the quality of app security. Despite this, it is frequently overlooked until later in the development process—sometimes too late.
Building your product’s security quality early isn’t just a SaaS industry best practice: it’s crucial to your business survival and quality too.
When it comes to applications, quality simply means how well your product will execute according to its design and purpose.
Software security involves safeguarding against threats like data breaches, misconfiguration or account hacking, to name a few. It also includes ongoing and frequently updated processes, standard practices, and training of security staff.
As data and privacy topics become more widespread and digestible, concerns over security quality are no longer restricted to developers or SaaS businesses. They are now an issue among users, consumers, or casual web users.
Most, if not all, of your potential customers will factor in software security alongside software quality when deciding to use your application. Assuring both will satisfy stakeholders and users alike, building up your business for success in the long term.
Most security requirements are simple and easy enough to grasp, and they can be found in most SaaS resources. What many founders get wrong is how early they start involving or building it.
Since software security protects critical parts of your business, it should be a key concern in your development process and observed carefully throughout all phases. After completion and launch, there should be measures and processes in place to regularly maintain and update the quality of security.
This proactive approach, examining quality and security as early as possible, is called software integrity. It means ensuring your application:
It’s possible and, in fact, ideal to integrate your security development steps into your current business operations. These vary from strengthening grey areas before they become bigger issues, to creating a plan to recover quickly from worst-case scenarios.
Aside from keeping software security a top priority, there are some helpful steps your business can take to improve its security quality.
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