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Overview
Your customers demand and deserve better security and privacy in their software. This book is the first to detail a rigorous, proven methodology that measurably minimizes security bugs—the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). In this long-awaited book, security experts Michael Howard and Steve Lipner from the Microsoft Security Engineering Team guide you through each stage of the SDL—from education and design to testing and post-release. You get their first-hand insights, best practices, a practical history of the SDL, and lessons to help you implement the SDL in any development organization.Discover how to:
Use a streamlined risk-analysis process to find security design issues before code is committed
Apply secure-coding best practices and a proven testing process
Conduct a final security review before a product ships
Arm customers with prescriptive guidance to configure and deploy your product more securely
Establish a plan to respond to new security vulnerabilities
Integrate security discipline into agile methods and processes, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum
Includes a CD featuring:
A six-part security class video conducted by the authors and other Microsoft security experts
Sample SDL documents and fuzz testing tool
PLUS—Get book updates on the Web.
Book Details
Published
November 30, 2009
Publisher
Microsoft Press
Pages
352
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780735637474