Company
Date Published
Author
Kaushik Srinivas
Word count
385
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

As the amount of software powering our lives continues to increase, developers are churning out code faster. While this makes consumers' lives easier, we still need to bake in security well before code is released. With consumers demanding more and the move to DevOps, new code is being released constantly, making it challenging to keep up with security vulnerabilities. Most applications use pre-built blocks of code, known as libraries and frameworks, which are often open source, increasing the risk of vulnerability exploitation across multiple applications. However, identifying and updating vulnerable components can be done relatively easily, thanks to publicly disclosed vulnerabilities, allowing developers to focus on fixing issues faster with the help of security teams like Bugcrowd.