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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

Example enterprise secure functional model

Throughout this book, we will build a secure design for an event ticketing system. Envision a software system that allows a box office or a website to sell tickets to a famous musical concert or theatre event.

The following table shows a small sample of requirements for an event ticketing system.

Functional Requirements

Non-Functional Requirements

Constraints

Allow a patron to purchase tickets to an event via self-service

A patron needs to verify their email before logging in

The systems must support self-service from an iPhone device

Allow a patron to purchase multiple event tickets in the same shopping basket

The system should be able to handle 10,000 concurrent users on the website

The systems...