How secure is my application source code on heroku?

Question

I want to migrate my webapp from cloudfoundry to heroku. But there is still one thing i\'m confused about.

Everytime you want to deploy your application to heroku, you\

Answer 1

It depends

Cause to measure "security" you have to think about possible "risk". Is the investigation of stealing source code from such a platform worth the effort? So, how much value can people get from your source code?

I think nobody was really successful by simply stealing source code. It is more about stealing ideas. To maintain and extend code you have not written is hard. You will need time to get comfortable with the source code (month / years, depending on the code base). Loosing all this time and effort. Experts who learn faster can also start from scratch, maybe they will end up with a better result.

• Facebook publishes strategies, papers and technological insights. A lot of Facebook copycats are around there, nobody cares.

• Success with your business it is not only about software. Important parts are the brand loyalty/trust in your product, the user experience and the visible overall success.

• Why is your source code so special compared to thousands of applications that are running on Heroku. It will be even hard to find your repository between all this nice stuff there. Things that will have success and some that will not, nobody knows.

But, if a few single technical algorithms are your core business (crypto software, graphic driver algorithms,...) and they are simply adoptable, it may be worth to steal it.

data vs. code

Things you can worry about: Where to store sensitive customer information? The most people have a much bigger interest in selling email addresses, phone numbers, names, financial information about your business and your customers. But,... If you have not enough sensible data, you are not interesting. So, does your application contain 100 million Sony Network credit card accounts? ;)

Okay, if the application contain all blueprints, data, secret ideas and designs of the IPhone 5 & 6 it may be also interesting.