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Application security
Most modern businesses run on software they build or heavily customise, and that software is where a great deal of real risk lives. Application security is the work of making sure the software itself is built and maintained to resist attack, rather than relying on defences around it.
Heelr connects you with professionals who strengthen the security of your applications across their lifecycle, from how they are designed and coded to how they are reviewed and maintained. Every professional is identity-verified with validated certifications, and you agree scope and price before work begins.
What application security covers
Application security spans secure design, secure coding practices, code and dependency review, and fixing the weaknesses that testing finds. It works alongside penetration testing, which probes a finished application for exploitable flaws, and threat modelling, which anticipates weaknesses before code is written. Application security is the ongoing discipline that keeps software resilient as it changes.
Common questions
What is the difference between application security and penetration testing?
A penetration test is a point-in-time check that tries to break a finished application. Application security is the broader practice of building and maintaining software so it is secure in the first place. Testing tells you what is wrong; application security is much of how you keep it right. See penetration testing.
When should we bring in application security help?
Ideally as part of how you build, not only after a problem. Companies commonly engage help when preparing a new product, after a test surfaces recurring issues, or when a customer requires evidence of secure development.
Is this only for software companies?
Mostly, but any company that builds or substantially customises its own applications benefits. If your business depends on software you control, application security applies to you.