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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

Standard Web Application Vulnerabilities

Web application vulnerabilities are weaknesses or flaws in the security of web applications that attackers can exploit to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of data or the application itself. These vulnerabilities can have serious consequences, ranging from data breaches to unauthorized access and code execution.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover standard web application vulnerabilities by looking at the following main topics:

  • Injection attacks
  • Broken authentication and session management
  • Request forgery
  • Language-specific defenses
  • Example of enterprise web defenses

By the end of this chapter, you will have a good understanding of the typical attacks that are made on web applications.