Free CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 Practice Question

The use of code signing certificates by the developers ensures that the application is legitimately from the source it claims to be, and that it has not been tampered with after being signed. Code signing provides a digital signature mechanism where a certificate issued by a trusted Certificate Authority (CA) is used to sign the software, enhancing trust and security. Although all answers may relate to software security, secure cookies, multifactor authentication, and antivirus are not directly relevant to establishing the authenticity and integrity of an application's source code or executable.