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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

Integration, System, and Acceptance Testing

Integration testing is a software testing technique that focuses on verifying the interactions and interfaces between different components or modules of a software application. The primary goal of integration testing is to ensure that the integrated components work together as expected when combined into a complete system. It helps identify issues related to data flow, communication between modules, and the overall behavior of the integrated software.

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

  • Types of tests
  • Mocks
  • Stubs
  • Examples of enterprise integration tests
  • System testing
  • Acceptance testing

By the end of this chapter, you will understand the types and benefits of integration testing. You will also be able to differentiate integration testing from the earlier unit testing and regression testing we discussed.