IT Policy vs Security By Design

Developers should learn and adhere to IT policies to ensure their work complies with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards, such as data privacy laws (e meets developers should adopt security by design when building applications that handle sensitive data (e. Here's our take.

IT Policy

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and adhere to IT policies to ensure their work complies with legal, regulatory, and organizational standards, such as data privacy laws (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: cybersecurity, compliance-management

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Security By Design

Developers should adopt Security By Design when building applications that handle sensitive data (e

Pros

• g
• Related to: threat-modeling, secure-coding

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. IT Policy is a concept while Security By Design is a methodology. We picked IT Policy based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

IT Policy wins

Based on overall popularity. IT Policy is more widely used, but Security By Design excels in its own space.