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- Security through visibility: The secrets of open source security
- Debatesrage across the Internet about the comparative security of Microsoft Windows and Linux-based operating systems.Many people have vested and biased interests in their positions on the matter. Misconceptionsborn of incomplete knowledge and logical fallacies contribute to the confusionand the heat of the debate. Advertising campaigns attempt to cast theirsponsors in...
- Technical articles 2006-04-25
- Build security into your network design with an architectural risk analysis
- By explicitly identifying risk, you can create a good general-purpose measure of software security, especially if you track risk over time.This sample chapter from the Software Security: Building Security In discusses the necessity of risk analysis in your organization. Performing a risk analysis at the design level is an important...
- Download resources 2006-02-03
- Strengthen software security with best practices from Gary McGraw
- In this audio interview, Dr. Gary McGraw, author of Software Security: Building Security In, offers strategies and best practices for software security. /* player */ul.play {position:relative;float:none;background:#F3F7FB;border-bottom:0px solid #DDD;margin:0;padding:12px 12px 8px 12px;list-style-type:none;font-size:.85em;}* html ul.play {padding-bottom:6px;}ul.play li {list-style-type:none; padding:0 0 1px 0;margin:0 10px 0 0;background:none;}ul.play li.podPic {position:relative;float:left;}ul.play li object...
- Download resources 2006-02-23
- Create more secure software: Apply static analysis to your code review process
- Network security, judicious administration, and wise use are all important, but ultimately, software security cannot be left to the system administrator or the end user. It is the responsibility of the people who create software to make sure that their creations are secure. Fortunately, with the right knowledge...
- Book chapters 2007-07-19
- ExcelSentry Personal 1.3 (Windows)
- ExcelSentry delivers comprehensive and robust security for your Excel spreadsheets. It creates encoded versions of your spreadsheets, providing both Location Security meaning that only authorized users are able to use your spreadsheet and Content Security (meaning that your spreadsheet formulas are encrypted so that not even authorized users can edit,...
- Software downloads 2008-03-13
- Software Protection and Application Security: Understanding the Battleground
- This paper provides a state-of-the-art explication of application security and software protection. The relationship between application security and data security, network security, and software security is discussed. Three simplified threat models for software are sketched. To better understand what attacks must be defended against in order to improve software security,...
- White papers 2003-12-31
- Software Security Total Risk Management: Security Innovation's Blueprint for Effective Program Development
- Current challenges of the financial services sector aside, risk management has a long and venerable tradition of practical success in the world of insurance premiums and credit card interest rates. In the world of IT, however, the successful application of risk management techniques has been more elusive. This paper examines...
- White papers 2008-08-25
- No such thing as effective license enforcement
- License security is not the same as software security. In fact, sometimes they are at odds with one another. by Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
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- Functional programming techniques can improve software security
- Do you regularly use functional programming techniques in your software development projects? Do you do so for security reasons?RE: Functional programming techniques can improve software securityWhile I found the discussion of the different classes of programming languages interesting, I have to say that I was not persuaded that using...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Maximize the benefits of software security testing with threat modeling
- Given limited resources and the fact that time to market is critical in software development, we need to prioritize software security tests in order to maximize both the quantity and severity of the security flaws we uncover. The technique for prioritizing security testing is known as threat modeling...
- Book chapters 2007-02-06
- Raksha: A Flexible Information Flow Architecture for Software Security
- This paper proposes Raksha, an architecture for software security based on Dynamic Information Flow Tracking DIFT. Raksha provides three novel features that allow for a flexible hardware/ software approach to security. First, it supports flexible and programmable security policies that enable software to direct hardware analysis towards a wide range...
- White papers 2007-06-13
- Protection Poker: Structuring Software Security Risk Assessment and Knowledge Transfer
- Discovery of security vulnerabilities is on the rise. As a result, software development teams must place a higher priority on preventing the injection of vulnerabilities in software as it is developed. Because the focus on software security has increased only recently, software development teams often do not have expertise in...
- White papers 2008-09-21
- Oracle Software Security Assurance
- Oracle Software Security Assurance comprises all the processes, procedures, and technologies that have been implemented to ensure that Oracle's products are meeting the customers' security requirements, while providing for the most cost-effective ownership experience. An extensive and constantly evolving program, Oracle Software Security Assurance reflects the dynamic nature of IT...
- White papers 2007-01-01
- The Seven Deadly Myths of Software Security
- With the reality of software security vulnerabilities coming into sharp focus over the past few years, businesses are wrestling with the additional risk that poor security introduces. And while the risk is becoming clearer, methods to defend applications from attack remain murky. Further clouding the picture, the responsibility for application...
- White papers 2009-03-24
- Functional programming techniques can improve software security
- A key concern in software security is avoiding security flaws in a program's source code. Employing a functional programming style can help. by Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Test your software security with these powerful fuzzing frameworks
- The concept of fuzzing to test software security has been around for almost twenty years but only recently captured widespread attention. In 2006, a plague of vulnerabilities affected popular apps like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel, and many of these vulnerabilities were discovered through fuzzing.In...
- Book chapters 2007-07-19
- There's more to security than counting vulnerabilities
- It's important, when making decisions related to IT security, that you keep in mind not only what options you have and their relation to various measures of security, but also what security metrics are actually useful and accurate. To this end, a security professional must always be careful to avoid...
- Blog posts 2007-08-06
- Security: The next Web services battleground
- The Web services movement is intensifying its focus on security--and additional vendors are now vying for a spot in the network security space. Not surprisingly, Microsoft is positioned smack in the middle of the fray.As organizations begin to plan next-generation, Internet-connected, Web services-enabled systems, they face the issue of how...
- Technical articles 2002-12-10
- Decision Support: Code Red virus signals need for software updates and tracking
- Provides a few resources to help keep you up to date on the latest e-mail virus security warningsNetwork security breaches such as the Code Red virus have increased dramatically over the past few years. While this trend isn't entirely due to the Internet, Code Red and many of the other...
- Technical articles 2001-08-10
- Security through obscurity won't secure your code
- While most applications use security through obscurity in some form or another, you should avoid it when writing your application. Take a look at this article to learn why, and how you should tighten up your code.In 1984, technologist Stuart Brand quipped, “Information wants to be free.” As a programmer,...
- Technical articles 2002-05-29
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