How to protect software source code from the developer team?
Source code is the essence of any software development and the most important intellectual property of a software-based organization. Building a source code for a product or project is not a simple thing it needs a lot of effort, money, and time, so the organization needs to give importance to protecting the software source code. Software source code leaks may happen in many ways.
Most organizations use a version control system (VCS) or a source code management (SCM) platform to manage software development. But, protecting the software source code from the developer is difficult due to the limited access control available in the source code management platforms. The developers can download the source code on any machine immediately if you provide access to the source code. You cannot blindly trust all the developers in your team.
Always keep in mind that the consequences of software source code leak or theft can lead to the downfall of your brand name or organization. So, let's discuss the key reasons to protect the software source code from the developer team members.
Why do we need to protect software source code from the developer team?
All your software source code resides on the developer's laptop or desktop machine during the software development process. If the software source code is available in the laptop machine, it can be taken away anywhere outside of your organization. Many possible incidents can happen (deliberately or unintentionally) that can end your brand reputation or business in a single day. This danger is real, whether it is a startup organization or MNC. Let me ask a few questions regarding the possibilities of source code leak or theft that can happen while software development.
- What can you do if your developer copies the software source code to storage devices, like a USB drive, external hard disk, or cloud drive? How are you going to protect source code misuse?
- What will you do if your developer lost his laptop machine which contains all your software source code?
- What can you do if your developer leaks some of the secret credentials embedded in your software source code?
- What will you do if your developer sell the software source code to your competitor? You could be hacked easily by your competitors.
Still there are soo many other possibilities where your developers can misuse your software source code.If you couldn't answer the above questions, then you need to worry about the security of your software source code. The above questions make you understand the need to protect software source code from developer team members in your organization.
Protect your software source code using SloopEngine online browser IDE
SloopEngine is a cloud-based SaaS product with online browser IDE, project management, centralized SSH key management, SSH access management, SSH logging & auditing, live SSH auditing, activity tracker, live chat, and other features. Only a web browser is required to use SloopEngine. Now, let's discuss how SloopEngine helps you to protect software source code from developer team members.
- You can completely restrict software developers from downloading source code to their laptop or desktop machine by using the SloopEngine online browser IDE.
- You can control source code access to your team members in a single click by using the SloopEngine online browser IDE.
- You can completely migrate your entire software development process to the cloud with the power of the SloopEngine online browser IDE.
Above mentioned facts help you to overcome the security issues of traditional software development. Without an online browser IDE, you cannot control source code access as well as protect software source code from developer team members.
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