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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

Authentication and Authorization

Authentication and authorization stand as pivotal security components within software systems, networks, and applications. They play a crucial role in mitigating risks previously identified in the earlier chapters of the software development process. They work together to ensure that the users or entities accessing a system are who they claim to be and that they have the appropriate permissions to perform specific actions.

In this chapter, we’re going to cover authentication and authorization by looking at the following main topics:

  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Security models
  • Single sign-on and open authorization
  • Example of enterprise implementation

After completing this chapter, you will be able to differentiate between authentication and authorization, along with having the ability to implement some standard methods for implementing both.