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Security-Driven Software Development

By : Aspen Olmsted
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Security-Driven Software Development

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
1
Part 1: Modeling a Secure Application
8
Part 2: Mitigating Risks in Implementation
13
Part 3: Security Validation

Self-assessment questions

  1. What is the primary purpose of input validation?
    1. Preventing malicious input
    2. Beautifying user interfaces
    3. Enhancing user experience
    4. Optimizing database performance
  2. Which of the following is an example of input validation?
    1. Changing the font style based on user input
    2. Displaying error messages in red font
    3. Allowing only numeric characters in a phone number field
    4. Adding animations to form submission buttons
  3. Why is input sanitization important in web development?
    1. It prevents injection attacks and other security threats
    2. It speeds up the loading time of web pages
    3. It improves the design of user interfaces
    4. It makes the code more readable
  4. What is the purpose of escaping user input?
    1. Converting special characters to their HTML entities
    2. Increasing the font size of user input
    3. Making input fields case-insensitive
    4. Allowing only uppercase letters in input fields
  5. Why is it important to validate and sanitize user input on both the client and server sides?
    1. To...