From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 8 Software Development Security

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Code repositories

Code repositories

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Code repositories

- [Narrator] Code repositories play an important role in modern software development, providing both secure storage for code and version control. Security professionals should understand the use of code repositories and the different security issues that they might raise. The main point purpose of a code repository is to store the source files used in software development in a centralized location that allows for secure storage and the coordination of changes among multiple developers. Code repositories also perform version control allowing the tracking of changes and the rollback of code to earlier versions when required. Basically code repositories perform the housekeeping work of software development making it possible for many people to share work on a large software project in an organized manner Code repositories also meet the needs of security and auditing professionals who want to ensure that software development…

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