Nism Unit 12
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Reflection
All in all, I enjoyed this module. I was extremely busy at times and towards the end of the module, I found the workload to be a true test of my perserverance, focus, and endurance. That said, I am glad that I didn’t just try to mindlessly clear out as much work as possible. Where I could, I tried to bring my own ideas and personality into my work- usually by applying my own line of questioning to the work I was doing. I feel that has improved my critical thinking skills significantly, and I’m glad I made the most of the module under the constraints that I experienced.
A closing thought that I have is that from what I’ve learned, everything is vulnerable to some extent. It is up to the developer to know how to prioritise those vulnerabilities and make sense of them, within their business domain. Standards can help, and should be used wherever possible, however, I feel that we (as software engineers) should ask ourselves: when do standards not work? When might they provide a false sense of security? When time allows, I would like to take this line of thinking further and reflect on it in a real-world scenario.