Security-Driven Software Development

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (March 15, 2024)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1835462839
• ISBN-13: 978-1835462836

eBook Description:

Security-Driven Software Development: Trace security requirements through each development phase, mitigating multiple-layer attacks with practical examples, and emerge equipped with the skills to build resilient applications

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.

• Find out non-functional requirements crucial for software security, performance, and reliability
• Develop the skills to identify and model vulnerabilities in software design and analysis
• Analyze and model various threat vectors that pose risks to software applications
• Acquire strategies to mitigate security threats specific to web applications
• Address threats to the database layer of an application
• Trace non-functional requirements through secure software design

By the end of this Security-Driven Software Development 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.