Securitism (Part 1)

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“Do Not Tolerate Easter Eggs” - hidden gem on page 293 in the book Secure Programming with Static Analysis prompted me to define this phenomenon as Software Securitism. I was looking for its definition but couldn’t find anything except the fact that the word was sometimes used in political discourse. Hence a definition is required and it is based on an analogy with Scientism with at least two meanings:

  1. The view that Security has authority over other software engineering and support best practices usually at the expense of customers.

  2. Improper usage of security terminology regardless of the project scope and common sense as a counter-argument.

If you heard about other abuses of security perhaps due to its current fashionable usage you can contact me anonymously using this contact form:

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