Resources

Key Software Security Concepts

Seven Touchpoints for Software Security

Lightweight software security best practices called touchpoints are applied to various software artifacts. By referring only to software artifacts, we can avoid battles over any particular process. See an illustration and more information.

Three Pillars of Software Security

The three pillars of software security are risk management, software security touchpoints, and knowledge. See an illustration and more information.

Seven Pernicious Kingdoms

The seven pernicious kingdoms taxonomy of common software security bugs is introduced in chapter 12. Many examples of specific bugs, along with code samples can be found at vulncat.fortifysoftware.com.

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informIT article series

DMCA Rent-a-cops Accept Fake IDs (June 12, 2008)
Securing Web 3.0 (May 15, 2008)
Paying for Secure Software (April 7, 2008)

Build Security In article series

These articles were all originally published in IEEE Security & Privacy. For more of Gary's publications, see our full listing of his available published articles.

Online Games and Security (October/September 2007)
Software Security and SOA: Danger, Will Robinson! (January/February 2006)
Seven Pernicious Kingdoms: A Taxonomy of Software Security Errors (November/December 2005)
Bridging the Gap Between Software Development and Information Security (September/October 2005)
A Portal for Software Security (July/August 2005)
Adopting a Software Security Improvement Program (May/June 2005)
Knowledge for Software Security (March/April 2005)
Software Penetration Testing (January/February 2005)
Static Analysis for Security (November/December 2004)
Software Security Testing (September/October 2004)
Risk Analysis in Software Design (July/August 2004)
Misuse and Abuse Cases: Getting Past the Positive (May/June 2004)
Software Security (March/April 2004)

Dark Reading article series

The Truth Behind Code Analysis (February 13, 2008)
Software Security Strategies (January 9, 2008)
Beyond the PCI Band-Aid (December 10, 2007)
Online Games & the Law (October 11, 2007)
Mobile Insecurity (September 14, 2007)
The Ultimate Insider (August 14, 2007)
Consolidate This (July 12, 2007)
JSON, Ajax & Web 2.0 (June 7, 2007)
Certifiable (May 9, 2007)
Want Turns to Need (April 20, 2007)
Compliance As Kick-Starter (March 12, 2007)
Security's Symbiosis (February 27, 2007)
Hurray for Hollywood!? (January 12, 2007)
Foxy Vista Henhouse (December 11, 2006)
Boarding-Pass Brouhaha (November 2, 2006)
Diebold Disses Democracy (October 9, 2006)
Keep Your Laws Off My Security (September 7, 2006)
Google is Evil (August 4, 2006)
If You Build It, They'll Crash It (July 7, 2006)
New Terrorist Profile: Phone Users (June 13, 2006)
Microsoft's Missed Opportunity (May 3, 2006)

IT Architect (formerly Network Magazine) article series (PDF format)

How Flawed Is Microsoft? (March 2006)
Is Application Security Training Worth the Money? (February 2006)
Is Sony BMG Run By Malicious Hackers? (January 2006)
When Does Security Cross the Line? (December 2005)
Is Security Really About Getting Nothing Done? (November 2005)
How Bad Is Intrusion Detection? (October 2005)
Is Cisco Naked? (September 2005)
Is VoIP Secure Enough For Prime Time? (August 2005)
Is Penetration Testing a Good Idea? (July 2005)
Are Cell Phones the Next Target? (June 2005)
How Does Security Fit With Engineering? (May 2005)
Is Your Mac Really More Secure? (April 2005)
Where Does Trust Come From? (March 2005)
Are We In a Computer Security Renaissance? (February 2005)
Innovative Rootkits: The Ultimate Weapon? (January 2005)
How Do Real Bad Guys Break Software? (December 2004)
Application Security Testing Tools: Worth the Money? (November 2004)
Who Should Do Security? (October 2004)