From the course: CSSLP Cert Prep: 1 Secure Software Concepts
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- [Instructor] When building an app, don't fall into the trap of only focusing on what the app is supposed to do. Security-minded developers consider how the app will react when something breaks and they take steps to ensure that the app handles those failures gracefully. Fail safes are those elements we build into our apps so that when an app experiences an error, the app provides both the users and the developers with just the right amount of information. The first place you should start when building in these fail safes is by examining how your app and its accompanying infrastructure handle exceptions. One type of exception you'll want to plan for is a server error. Whether we're talking web server, application server, database server or file server, you'll want to replace any default error messages with customized messages of your own. The same holds true for code bugs. If a bug slips through the QA process,…
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