As a developer, when you are coding an app, how do you feel about application security? Do you generally try to follow best practices such as sanitizing user input, using secure transmission of data, or enabling security configuration settings? How big of a priority is it to you? Do you only code the app to meet the feature requirements, and if security is not one of them, then it doesn't get implemented?
I'd like to know other developers' stance on securing applications.
Is it web apps? It also works on desktop apps
You can head over to the guys at sqreen.io where you can get free data about your security issues on your app and also follow some checklists on how to improve it.
If it's a serious project, I follow all the best practices you mentioned. If it isn't that serious, I will follow basic stuff such as sanitizing inputs, enabling HTTPs and so on.
jeckson
data analyst
Application security is the general practice of adding features or functionality to software to prevent a range of different threats. These include denial of service attacks and other cyberattacks, and data breaches or data theft situations. Burger king survey