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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. In a UML sequence diagram, what does a lifeline represent, and how is it typically depicted?
    1. A lifeline represents a message exchange between two objects and is depicted as a solid horizontal line.
    2. A lifeline represents the lifespan of an object and is depicted as a dashed vertical line.
    3. A lifeline represents the sequence of actions within an operation and is depicted as a dashed horizontal line.
    4. A lifeline represents the class diagram and is depicted as a solid vertical line.
  2. What is the purpose of an activation bar in a UML sequence diagram?
    1. To represent the inheritance relationship between classes in the system
    2. To display the message parameters passed between objects
    3. To highlight the interactions between different use cases
    4. To indicate the duration of a message’s execution by showing a horizontal bar above the lifeline
  3. In a UML sequence diagram, what does a return message indicate, and how is it represented?
    1. A return message indicates...