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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 a threat model?
    1. A type of malware
    2. A cybersecurity certification
    3. A systematic approach to identifying and evaluating potential security threats
    4. A hardware security device
  2. What does the first “D” mean in the DREAD threat modeling framework?
    1. Data encryption
    2. Damage potential
    3. Design
    4. Detection
  3. What does the “T” in STRIDE stand for in the context of threat modeling?
    1. Time
    2. Tampering
    3. Trespassing
    4. Trust
  4. In the STRIDE threat model, what does the “R” represent?
    1. Reliability
    2. Remote execution
    3. Repudiation
    4. Reusability
  5. Suppose you are analyzing a potential security breach using an attack tree. In the attack tree, you have identified two possible attack paths to compromise a sensitive database:

    Path 1:

    The attacker gains physical access to the server room.

    The attacker compromises the server hardware.

    The attacker accesses the sensitive database.

    Path 2:

    The attacker exploits a known software vulnerability on the...