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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

Threat model overview

Software threat modeling is a systematic approach to identifying and mitigating potential security threats in a software application. The goal is to proactively identify and address security vulnerabilities before deploying the software. Threat modeling helps developers, architects, and security professionals understand the potential risks to a system and implement appropriate security controls. Here is an overview of the critical steps involved in software threat modeling:

  1. Define the scope:
    • Clearly define the boundaries and components of the system you are analyzing.
    • Identify the assets, such as sensitive data or critical functionality, that need protection.
    • The function design phase we discussed in Chapter 2 addresses this step.
  2. Create a system overview:
    • Develop high-level diagrams of the system architecture.
    • Identify the main components, interfaces, and data flows within the system.
    • The object, dynamic, and system design phases we discussed in the...