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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

Patterns

Patterns in system modeling refer to the application of established design patterns to address common architectural and structural challenges in the design and development of complex systems. These design patterns, often derived from software engineering, provide proven and reusable solutions to recurring problems. Applying patterns in system modeling helps improve the system’s quality, maintainability, and scalability.

Here are some common patterns used in system modeling:

  • Layered architecture pattern: This pattern divides the system into multiple layers, each with a specific responsibility. Layers communicate with adjacent layers using defined interfaces. Common layers include presentation, business logic, and data access layers. Many other patterns are implementations of the layered architecture. The architecture in our example ticketing application is three-tiered, with the layers being the web browser, web server, and database server. Figure 5.5 shows...