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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

Class diagrams

Class diagrams are a fundamental part of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and depict the structure and relationships of the classes within a system or software application. UML is a modeling language maintained by the Object Management Group (OMG). Class diagrams are a valuable tool for visualizing, designing, and documenting the architecture of your software. In this context, a class is like a blueprint for the objects we will use in our software. The class is the blueprint, and the object is the instance of that blueprint. Here are some key elements and concepts in class diagrams:

  • Class: The central element in a class diagram is the class itself, represented as a rectangle with three compartments, as shown in Figure 3.1:
    • The top compartment contains the class’s name
    • The middle compartment lists the class’s attributes or properties
    • The bottom compartment displays the class’s methods or operations
Figure 3.1 – UML class notation

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