Information security has been crucial since the early days of computing devices, but with the advent of the public internet in the 1990s, cybersecurity emerged as a top priority for organizations. Cybercrime resulted in financial losses worth $12.5B in 2023, double what it was just two years ago.

Given these risks, it is imperative for companies to take all the necessary steps to secure their digital assets from cyberattacks, information breaches, unauthorized access and other cybersecurity hazards.

Thus, adopting a secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) program - one that adheres to security design principles - during product development can safeguard various applications and devices from increasingly powerful cyberattacks.

These design principles find their origin in research conducted by Saltzer and Schroeder in 1975. They outlined ten guiding design principles in their seminal publication, ‘The Protection of Information in Computer Systems.’

Our latest whitepaper focuses on these product security design principles, exploring how adherence to cybersecurity design principles, specifically, is essential for the secure development of all computing systems and embedded device products.