  Journalists, public policy analysts, and economists have called attention to
the growing importance that high-performance and scientific computing have to
national security and industrial leadership. As computing continues to power
scientific advances in virtually every discipline, so too does it improve our
economic productivity and quality of life. The increasing social, political,
and economic importance of research software, however, has also brought the
question of software security to the fore. Just as unintentional software
errors can threaten the integrity of scientific studies, malicious actors could
leverage vulnerabilities to alter results, exfiltrate data, and sabotage
computing resources. In this editorial, the authors argue for the need to
incorporate security practices and perspectives throughout the research
software lifecycle, and they propose directions for future work in this space.
