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When developing software for the eCommerce world, security should be of paramount concern. I’ve seen many companies who leave security considerations until just before launch, for some reason, and that is a practice that should be abandoned in favor of taking a more complete and integrated approach to developing and deploying secure software.
Security activates should begin before development. They should begin in the design phase of a project. When defining a user experience, either through wireframes or another method, not only are user input points being defined but potential security weaknesses are being defined. For example, having a list of all user text input points in Continue reading »
Georgia Tech released a report earlier this week that carries warnings about likely security threats in the coming year. Make no mistake, as security experts work to overcome well-known threats and render them less effective, there is an community of individuals hard at work doing what they can to steal private information and use it to their advantage.
An interesting breakthrough in the electrical power / smart-grid area may hold hope for increased security in the eCommerce market in the near future. Errin Fulp, a professor of computer science at Wake Forest University, is training an army of “digital ants” to turn loose into the power grid to seek out computer viruses trying to wreak havoc on the system. The approach is so promising that it was named one of the “ten technologies that have the power to change our lives,” by 
