19 Deadly Sins of Software Security - Softcover

Howard, Michael; Leblanc, David; Viega, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072260858 ISBN 13: 9780072260854

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2005

Synopsis

This essential book for all software developers--regardless of platform, language, or type of application--outlines the “19 deadly sins” of software security and shows how to fix each one. Best-selling authors Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, who teach Microsoft employees how to secure code, have partnered with John Viega, the man who uncovered the 19 deadly programming sins to write this much-needed book. Coverage includes:

• Windows, UNIX, Linux, and Mac OS X
• C, C++, C#, Java, PHP, Perl, and Visual Basic
• Web, small client, and smart-client applications

About this title

About the Authors

MICHAEL HOWARD PRINCIPAL CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT MICROSOFT PUBLIC SECTOR SERVICESMichael Howard is a principal cybersecurity architect in the Public Sector Services group. Prior to that, he was a principal security program manager on the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) Groups Security Engineering team at Microsoft, where he was responsible for managing secure design, programming, and testing techniques across the company.Howard is an architect of the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL), a process for improving the security of Microsofts software. Howard began his career with Microsoft in 1992 at the companys New Zealand office, working for the first two years with Windows and compilers on the Product Support Services team, and then with Microsoft Consulting Services, where he provided security infrastructure support to customers and assisted in the design of custom solutions and development of software. In 1997, Howard moved to the United States to work for the Windows division on Internet Information Services, Microsofts next-generation web server, before moving to his current role in 2000. Howard is an editor of IEEE Security & Privacy, a frequent speaker at security-related conferences and he regularly publishes articles on secure coding and design, Howard is the co-author of six security books, including the award-winning Writing Secure Code, 19 Deadly Sins of Software Security, The Security Development Lifecycle, Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista and his most recent release 24 Deadly Sins of Software Security.

David LeBlanc, Ph.D., is currently Chief Software Architect for Webroot Software. Prior to joining Webroot, he served as security architect for Microsoft's Office division, was a founding member of the Trustworthy Computing Initiative, and worked as a white-hat hacker in Microsoft's network security group. David is also co-author of Writing Secure Code and Assessing Network Security, as well as numerous articles. On good days, he'll be found riding the trails on his horse with his wife, Jennifer.

John Viega discovered the 19 deadly programming flaws that received such press and media attention, and this book is based on his discovery. He is the Founder and Chief Scientist of Secure Software (www.securesoftware.com), is a well-known security expert, and coauthor of Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley), Network Security with OpenSSL (O'Reilly) an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA) and Senior Policy Researcher at the Cyberspace Policy Institute, and he serves on the Technical Advisory Board for the Open Web Applications Security Project. He also founded a Washington, D.C. area security interest group that conducts monthly lectures presented by leading experts in the field. John is responsible for numerous software security tools, and is the original author of Mailman, the GNU mailing list manager. He holds a B.A. and M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. He is the author or coauthor of nearly 80 technical publications, including numerous refereed research papers and trade articles. He is coauthor of Building Secure Software, Network Security and Cryptography with OpenSSL and The Secure Programming Cookbook for C and C++.

From the Back Cover

Ninety-five percent of software bugs are caused by the same 19 programming flaws. Amit Yoran, Former Director of The Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division

Secure your software by eliminating code vulnerabilities from the start. This essential book for all software developers--regardless of platform, language, and type of application--outlines the 19 sins of software security and shows how to fix each one. Best-selling authors Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, who teach Microsoft employees how to write secure code, have partnered with John Viega, the man who uncovered the 19 deadly programming sins to write this hands-on guide. Detailed code examples throughout show the code defects as well as the fixes and defenses. If you write code, you need this book. Eliminate these security flaws from your code:

• Buffer overruns
• Format string problems
• Integer overflows
• SQL injection
• Command injection
• Failure to handle errors
• Cross-site scripting
• Failure to protect network traffic
• Use of magic URLs and hidden forms
• Improper use of SSL
• Use of weak password-based systems
• Failure to store and protect data securely
• Information leakage
• Trusting network address resolution
• Improper file access
• Race conditions
• Unauthenticated key exchange
• Failure to use cryptographically strong random numbers
• Poor usability

Michael Howard, CISSP, is an architect of the security process changes at Microsoft and a co-author of Processes to Produce Secure Software published by the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division. He is a Senior Security Program Manager in the Security Engineering Group at Microsoft Corporation and co-author of Writing Secure Code (Microsoft Press).David LeBlanc, Ph.D., is Chief Software Architect for Webroot Software, and was formerly Security Architect in the Office group at Microsoft. He is co-author of Writing Secure Code.John Viega is the CTO of Secure Software. He first defined the 19 deadly sins of software security for the Department of Homeland Security. He is co-author of many security books including Building Secure Software (Addison-Wesley).

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0072260858
• ISBN 13: 9780072260854
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 304