Application security encompasses measures taken throughout the code's life-cycle to prevent gaps in the security policy of an application or the underlying system (vulnerabilities) through flaws in the design, development, deployment, upgrade, or maintenance of the application. Applications only control the mind of resources granted to them, and not which resources are granted to them. They, in turn, determine the use of these resources by users of the application through application security. Read more about Intel® EP80579 Software for Security Applications: API Manual