Ways Developers Keep Computer Games Secure

  • 27 February 2015
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February 27, 2015
 

 

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Many of the most popular games out today are those that include, and heavily rely on, a multiplayer aspect.
But this isn’t the only way players and developers interact with one another after the game has been released. Since the early days of PC gaming, a lot of gamers enjoy customizing game options and play styles by writing their own code and modifying as they see fit, then releasing these mods to the general public. As more and more of our lives have moved into an online environment and are becoming “official” as major companies create their own mods and downloadable content, security is more of a concern than ever before.
 
Security Risks
 
The user actually tends to be the largest security risk in a computer environment, so during development, DLC companies have to keep what a program can access and modify to a minimum. This is also why computers in an office environment need secondary authentication for certain tasks, the deeper a user is allowed to go in the system, the larger the security threat and potential damage.
 
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