A Programmer’s Guide to Compliance Regulations

An important part of the planning phase of the software development life cycle is understanding what regulations will apply to your software. If you are an independent programmer looking to build your own startup, you need to understand these regulations so you can avoid heavy fines, criminal lawsuits, or a potential suspension of your business.

If you work for a company, this will help you to build applications that are compliant by design. This way, you and your supervisors will save a significant amount of time, because you won’t have to go back and make as many changes to your first version of the application.

Remember, you are working as part of a business, so having an understanding of the business requirements of the software you write will help make you a more valuable programmer. Depending on where in the world you are, where your customers are, and the industry that your application will be used in, this will affect the regulations that govern how your application must handle consumer information.

Source: A Programmer’s Guide to Compliance Regulations – Simple Programmer