From the course: ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) (2023) Cert Prep

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Component integration

Component integration

From the course: ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) (2023) Cert Prep

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Component integration

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- [Instructor] The idea that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link definitely applies to integration points between the various components within your application and your application infrastructure. That's why a CSSLP focuses on not just the application, but on how to securely integrate the underlying components as well. The core concept that will help you both harden and stabilize these integration points is Systems-of-Systems integration. When you step back and take a look at your app holistically, it should become clear that this thing that you call an application is actually a collection of multiple unique systems that were designed to function independently of one another. At the same time, each system is designed to integrate with other systems to create functionality that goes above and beyond what any one system could do on its own. When this works, the result is a more robust, more resilient application, but when any one system fails, the larger system could be…

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