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Secure Software Development

By : Aspen Olmsted
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Book Image

Secure Software Development

5 (1)
By: Aspen Olmsted

Overview of this book

Extend your software development skills to integrate security into every aspect of your projects. Perfect for any programmer or developer working on mission-critical applications, this hands-on guide helps you adopt secure software development practices. Explore core concepts like security specifi cation, modeling, and threat mitigation with the iterative approach of this book that allows you to trace security requirements through each phase of software development. You won’t stop at the basics; you’ll delve into multiple-layer att acks and develop the mindset to prevent them. Through an example application project involving an entertainment ticketing software system, you’ll look at high-profi le security incidents that have aff ected popular music stars and performers. Drawing from the author’s decades of experience building secure applications in this domain, this book off ers comprehensive techniques where problem-solving meets practicality for secure development. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the expertise to systematically secure software projects, from crafting robust security specifi cations to adeptly mitigating multifaceted threats, ensuring your applications stand resilient in the face of evolving cybersecurity challenges.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Free Chapter
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Part 1: Modeling a Secure Application
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Part 2: Mitigating Risks in Implementation
13
Part 3: Security Validation

Part 1: Modeling a Secure Application

The first part of this book drills into modeling a secure application so we can identify the risks to our application before we start our implementation. The process is iterative, so we’ll revisit previous models as we add knowledge about new models.

This part has the following chapters: