Securitism (Part 1)
“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:
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The view that Security has authority over other software engineering and support best practices usually at the expense of customers.
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Improper usage of security terminology regardless of the project scope and common sense as a counter-argument.
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