Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way

Preface

“A book is a machine to think with.”

—I.A. RICHARDSPRINCIPLES OF LITERARY CRITICISM

This book exists to help people involved in the software development process learn the principles necessary for building secure software. The book is intended for anyone involved in software development, from managers to coders, although it contains the low-level detail that is most applicable to programmers. Specific code examples and technical details are presented in the second part of the book. The first part is more general and is intended to set an appropriate context for building secure software by introducing security goals, security technologies, and the concept of software risk management.

There are plenty of technical books that deal with computer ...