Within the Discussion Board area, write 300400 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Investigate the library and Internet for information about security threats to software applications. From this research, address the following:

• Identify 1-2 security threats to software applications. These threats could be directed at the software source code, the data handled by the software, or other results of the functionality or use of the software application.
• For each of the security threats, identify 1 software assurance technique that could be applied to reduce the security threat, and explain how the use of the technique achieves the desired results.