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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

Textual use cases and misuse cases

Textual use cases and misuse cases are structured descriptions of how a software system is expected to be used (use cases) and how it might be intentionally or unintentionally abused (misuse cases). They are valuable tools in software development and security analysis for understanding and documenting system behavior. Here are examples of textual use cases and misuse cases:

Textual Use Case: User registration

Title: User Registration

Primary Actor: New user

Goal: To create a new user account

Main Success Pathway:

  1. The new user navigates to the registration page.
  2. The new user provides a username, email, and password.
  3. The system validates the provided information.
  4. The system sends a confirmation email to the email address provided.
  5. The new user clicks on the confirmation link in the email.
  6. The system confirms the email and activates the new user account.
  7. The system displays a success message.

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