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Secure and Resilient Software Development
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Secure and Resilient Software Development

by Mark S. Merkow, Lakshmikanth Raghavan
June 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
392 pages
8h 31m
English
Auerbach Publications
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Chapter 8

Security Testing of Custom Software Applications

In Chapters 6 and 7 we examined specific techniques and approaches to developing resilient software for a variety of platforms and specialized applications with a focus on preventing the most common errors and problems that lead to security incidents and data losses.

Chapter Overview

In Chapter 8 we’ll begin exploring how to test the resilience of custom application code and find ways to further improve it. Topics covered in Chapter 8 include:

  • The true costs of waiting to find and eradicate software flaws
  • Manual and automated source code review techniques
  • Implementing code analysis tools
  • Penetration testing
  • Black box testing
  • Quality assurance testing

8.1 Fixing Early Versus Fixing After ...

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781439826973