ISC2 Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) Practice Question

Keeping the algorithm confidential and restricting access allows it to be protected as a trade secret. Trade secret law safeguards valuable information that derives economic value from not being generally known, provided reasonable measures are taken to maintain secrecy. A patent would require public disclosure of the invention, undermining the team's desire to keep the implementation hidden. Copyright protects the specific expression of source code but not the underlying idea or algorithm itself, and compiled binaries reveal little of the original code's expression. Trademarks protect brand identifiers such as names or logos, not functional technology.