What is meant by application security?
Application security refers to the security measures built into a software application itself in order to provide a secure computing environment. Common application security measures include authentication of the application, an access matrix for different levels of users, input validation to avoid the possibility of application flaws such as a buffer overflow, and application logging features, etc. Application owners should determine with the development team application security requirements according to the criticality of the application in the design phase, as well as the sensitivity of the data to be processed.
