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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

Regression Testing

Regression testing is a software testing technique used to verify that changes to an application, such as bug fixes, new features, or code enhancements, have not introduced new defects or caused existing functionality to break. The primary goal of regression testing is to ensure that the software continues to work as expected after each code change, thus maintaining the software’s reliability and stability over time.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover regression testing by looking at the following main topics:

  • Regression testing overview
  • Robotic process automation
  • Regression testing tools
  • Load testing
  • UI.Vision RPA
  • Example of the enterprise regression tests

By the end of the chapter, we will have a good understanding of the techniques used to ensure changes to code stemming from bug fixes or product enhancements do not create new security vulnerabilities or bugs.