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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

Unit testing frameworks

Unit testing frameworks help developers create, organize, and run unit tests for their code. These frameworks provide a structure for writing tests, offer a set of assertions to check expected outcomes, and facilitate the automation of test execution. There are numerous unit test frameworks available for various programming languages. Here are some popular ones for different languages:

  • JUnit (Java): JUnit is a widely used unit testing framework for Java. It provides annotations to define test methods, fixtures for setup and teardown, and assertions to verify expected outcomes.
  • TestNG (Java): TestNG is another testing framework for Java that is inspired by JUnit but offers additional features, such as support for parallel test execution, flexible test configuration, and data-driven testing.
  • NUnit (.NET – C#, VB.NET, and F#): NUnit is a unit testing framework for .NET languages such as C#, VB.NET, and F#. It supports a range of test fixtures...