Enterprise Software Security: A Confluence of Disciplines

Enterprise Software Security: A Confluence of Disciplines

<B> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">STRENGTHEN SOFTWARE SECURITY BY HELPING DEVELOPERS AND SECURITY EXPERTS WORK TOGETHER</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> </B> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Traditional approaches to securing software are inadequate. The solution: Bring software engineering and network security teams together in a new, holistic approach to protecting the entire enterprise. Now, four highly respected security experts explain why this “confluence” is so crucial, and show how to implement it in your organization.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">Writing for all software and security practitioners and leaders, they show how software can play a vital, active role in protecting your organization. You’ll learn how to construct software that actively safeguards sensitive data and business processes and contributes to intrusion detection/response in sophisticated new ways. The authors cover the entire development lifecycle, including project inception, design, implementation, testing, deployment, operation, and maintenance. They also provide a full chapter of advice specifically for Chief Information Security Officers and other enterprise security executives.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <BR>Whatever your software security responsibilities, <I>Enterprise Software Security</I> delivers indispensable big-picture guidance–and specific, high-value recommendations you can apply right now.</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">COVERAGE INCLUDES:</P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> <BR>• Overcoming common obstacles to collaboration between developers and IT security professionals<BR>• Helping programmers design, write, deploy, and operate more secure software<BR>• Helping network security engineers use application output more effectively<BR>• Organizing a software security team before you’ve even created requirements<BR>• Avoiding the unmanageable complexity and inherent flaws of layered security<BR>• Implementing positive software design practices and identifying security defects in existing designs<BR>• Teaming to improve code reviews, clarify attack scenarios associated with vulnerable code, and validate positive compliance<BR>• Moving beyond pentesting toward more comprehensive security testing<BR>• Integrating your new application with your existing security infrastructure<BR>• “Ruggedizing” DevOps by adding infosec to the relationship between development and operations<BR>• Protecting application security during maintenance</P>