Application Hardening

Noun · Security & Infosec

Definitions

  1. The process of making an application more resistant to attack by reducing exposed functionality, tightening configuration, adding integrity protections, and removing unsafe defaults. Hardening is about shrinking easy attacker paths before incidents happen.

    In plain English: Making an application harder for attackers to exploit or tamper with.

    Example: "The mobile release included application hardening to reduce tampering and runtime hook abuse."

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