Security – Don’t ignore!

Whenever we hear hear words like data breaches, hacking, ransomware, one thing that stands out is that it creates a doubt in the trust that clients puts on the business. That doubt is sometimes more than sufficient to impact the revenues and future of the business. It takes years to gain trust but a moment to break it.
While ideation phase, the thought is only to get MVP product out to market. Non-functional requirements (NFRs) are a second thought. It makes sense for some NFRs but there are few non-negotiable like securing your applications that should always be looked into. I would urge all product and engineering folks to not overlook security aspects of your product.
Here are few links that would help you start your journey around how to secure the applications and infrastructure.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Application_security

https://www.google.com/amp/s/techbeacon.com/security/7-must-dos-delivering-app-focused-security%3Famp

https://medium.com/cermati-tech/security-in-software-development-and-infrastructure-system-design-7b675c2323fc