Episode 29 — Embed secure software development practices teams follow
This episode teaches secure software development as an operational discipline that PCI expects to be consistent, measurable, and integrated into how teams build and maintain payment-related applications. You’ll define secure development practices in the context of PCI, including requirements management, secure coding standards, peer review, security testing, and controlled deployment, then connect them to exam scenarios that test whether you can distinguish policy statements from real engineering behavior. We’ll cover how teams prevent common application risks through input validation, authentication and session controls, secure secret handling, and dependency management, and we’ll discuss how weaknesses often enter through rushed releases, unreviewed hotfixes, and third-party libraries. You’ll learn how to evaluate evidence such as coding standards, training records, code review artifacts, CI/CD controls, and security testing outputs, and we’ll walk through troubleshooting cases like developers using shared credentials, secrets embedded in code, and environments where “temporary” debug features become permanent attack paths. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, where you’ll find more cyber audio courses, books, and information to strengthen your educational path. Also, if you want to stay up to date with the latest news, visit DailyCyber.News for a newsletter you can use, and a daily podcast you can commute with.
