New technologies emerge every day, including digital applications, which, like any electronic service, need to be secure. Programs, applications, virtual platforms, games, hardware and software, portals and websites must guarantee the protection of their users. Such application requirements are not only linked to the LGPD, but also to the standards of services used at all times, such as joint resolution 1/20, which regulates Open Banking in Brazil, or Central Bank regulation 4658, which defines policies of cybersecurity and the requirements for contracting data processing and storage and cloud computing services to be observed by financial institutions and other institutions authorized to operate by Bacen.
These requirements and regulations of systems and services are observed in several other industries, such as the health vertical that must protect patient information, with regulations similarly described by HIPAA, SAFE HARBOR, among others.
Digital application protection services, in general, are associated with the protection of mobile and web applications. The protection mechanisms of these services aim to guarantee the integrity of the application code, data used and manipulated, in addition to the information and identity of the respective users, comments Deyvid Sousa, an engineer and entrepreneur in the technology sector who has worked for large multinationals.
Strategies for protecting digital applications
According to Sousa, at the most basic level of strategy in the field of protecting digital applications is the use of frameworks, which are sets of generic codes capable of uniting parts of a development project. In addition, emphasizes the expert, it is necessary to build “good practices for the respective development and definition of the system’s architecture, avoiding future costs associated with basic deficiencies, difficult to be corrected later”.
Sousa also explains that code obfuscation is one of the controls and security methods that can be used. “Code obfuscation is what makes code unreadable, making it difficult to understand and protecting it from cybercriminals trying to reverse engineer or exploit vulnerabilities,” he says.
Protection once morest tampering with the code, or “tampering”, is another extremely effective strategy, comments Sousa. The technology inhibits attackers from making changes in real time, which causes errors or validates loopholes in the current code. “This protection takes place through unique and unique integrity checks within the code,” he explains.
The importance of security tools
On Android, Root is used, and on IOS, Jailbreak. This type of application can verify and validate what is being used within a device. “These functions can be automatically configured to become partially unavailable or, in extreme cases, totally unavailable”, says Sousa. These tools can also notify systems, groups of services and their users in real time or runtime protection.
The expert claims that following a few attempts by the attackers, access to data and information may be blocked, partial suspension of services available in the application, and blocking of malware and phishing. Additionally, the implementation of an “App Hardening” process, with the correct application of corrections for known vulnerabilities and breaches, is essential, says Deyvid Sousa. “Ensuring updates and correction of errors often prevents major problems and incidents”, emphasizes the professional.
While the Digital Application Protection service can help mitigate many security threats, it cannot guarantee complete protection once morest all potential threats. It is important for organizations to take a strategic approach to security by implementing measures across the entire IT environment.
“We must approach application protection in a comprehensive way, incorporating different techniques and clear protection levels for each of the stages with the aim of guaranteeing safe information and data”, he warns.
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