January 2006
Intermediate to advanced
448 pages
10h 38m
English
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Chapter 5. Architectural Risk Analysis[1]
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light. | ||
| --LE CORBUSIER | ||
Design flaws account for 50% of security problems. You can’t find design defects by staring at code—a higher-level understanding is required. That’s why architectural risk analysis plays an essential role in any solid software security program. By explicitly identifying risk, you can create a good general-purpose measure of software security, especially if you track risk over time. Because quantifying impact is a critical step in any risk-based approach, risk analysis is a natural way to tie technology ...
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