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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

Self-assessment questions

  1. What is the primary purpose of a UML class diagram?
    1. To describe the deployment of software components on hardware
    2. To display the flow of control within a software application
    3. To show the sequence of interactions between objects
    4. D. To represent the structure and relationships of classes in a system
  2. In a UML class diagram, what does a solid line with an arrowhead between two classes represent?
    1. Composition
    2. Inheritance (generalization)
    3. Association
    4. Aggregation
  3. Which UML class diagram relationship implies strong ownership, where the child class cannot exist without the parent class?
    1. Aggregation
    2. Generalization
    3. Association
    4. Composition
  4. What is the purpose of multiplicity notation in a UML class diagram?
    1. To represent the nesting level of classes within a package
    2. To indicate the number of methods in a class
    3. To specify the visibility of attributes and methods
    4. To show how many instances of one class can be associated with another
  5. Which UML class diagram...