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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

Identify objects and relationships

Identifying objects and decomposing your software project into participating objects from scenarios and use cases is an essential step in the analysis and design of software systems. Objects represent your system’s key entities and concepts; understanding them is crucial for creating a well-structured object model. We identify objects in real life as we interact with the world, such as houses, cars, and people. Here’s how you can identify objects from scenarios and use cases:

  1. Read the scenarios and use cases: Start by carefully reading the scenarios and use cases that describe the system’s functionality. These are typically written in natural language and provide a high-level overview of what the system is supposed to do.
  2. Identify nouns: Look for nouns or noun phrases in the scenarios and use cases. These often represent potential objects in the system. For example, in a scenario describing a library, nouns such as...