What is one thing a tester can do to ensure that the software is trusted and is not changing or
tampering with critical data on the back end of a system it is loaded on?
A.
Proper testing
B.
Secure coding principles
C.
Systems security and architecture review
D.
Analysis of interrupts within the software
D
In systems programming, an interrupt is a signal to the processor emitted by hardware or software indicating an event that needs immediate attention. An interrupt alerts the processor to a high-priority condition requiring the interruption of the current code the processor is executing. The processor responds by suspending its current activities, saving its state, and executing a function called an interrupt handler (or an interrupt service routine, ISR) to deal with the event. This interruption is temporary, and, after the interrupt handler finishes, the processor resumes normal activities. There are two types of interrupts: hardware interrupts and software interrupts.