Web Application Security: 5 Security Tips for Software Engineers

As a software engineer in a cloud-native world, you’re the first line of defense in web application security. Armed with a few best practices that have a huge impact, securing both the code you create and the code you compile can be simple. Here are five tips that make your role easier in protecting data with secure development. 
Overview of Preventing Breaches with Web Application Security Practices 
Growing threats in the digital landscape, like entering the era of AI-driven attacks, make proactive code security essential. A nonprofit organization focused on open-source software security, the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), maintains the OWASP Top 10, a list of the top 10 security risks faced by web applications. This is a foundational resource for ensuring secure code. Many of these risks can be handled using the tips that follow. 
Tip 1: Start Building Apps with Security in Mind 
Consider security from the beginning. Here’s how CISA defines Secure by Design: “Secure…