How to Break Software Security

Description
How to Break Software Security describes the general problem of software security in a practical perspective from a software tester's point of view. It defines prescriptive techniques (attacks that testers can use on their own software) that are designed to ferret out security vulnerabilities in software applications.

Program

How to Break Software Security describes the general problem of software security in a practical perspective from a software tester's point of view. It defines prescriptive techniques (attacks that testers can use on their own software) that are designed to ferret out security vulnerabilities in software applications. The book's style is easy to read and provides readers with the techniques and advice to hunt down security bugs and see that they're destroyed before the software is released.


Accompanying the book is a CD-ROM containing Holodeck, which tests for security vulnerabilities. There are also a number of bug-finding tools, freeware, and an easy-to-use port scanner included on the CD-ROM.



Overview of the book:

• Uses a practical hands-on approach to testing your software for security vulnerabilities.
• Focuses your security tests on the most common places that security vulnerabilities occur:
  • The User Interface
  • Software Dependencies
  • Design
  • Process and Memory
• Contains numerous examples drawn from commercial applications.
• Includes end-of-chapter exercises and a glossary of terms.
• Comes with a CD-ROM featuring Holodeck, a Windows-based software testing application.

Authors: James Whittaker, Herbert Thompson
Publisher: Addison Wesley Professional
ISBN 10: 0321194330
ISBN 13: 9780321194336
Pages: 208
Format: Soft Cover
Published Date: Jun 2003
Availability: Ex Stock