1st Edition

Secure, Resilient, and Agile Software Development

By Mark Merkow Copyright 2020
238 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

238 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

238 Pages 25 B/W Illustrations
by Auerbach Publications

A collection of best practices and effective implementation recommendations that are proven to work, Secure, Resilient, and Agile Software Development leaves the boring details of software security theory out of the discussion as much as possible to concentrate on practical applied software security for practical people. Written to aid your career as well as your organization, the book shows... Read more



Dedication



Contents



Preface



About the Author





Chapter 1: Today’s Software Development Practices Shatter Old Security Practices



Chapter 2: Deconstructing Agile and Scrum



Chapter 3: Learning Is FUNdamental!



Chapter 4: Product Backlog Development—Building Security In



Chapter 5: Secure Design Considerations



Chapter 6: Security in the Design Sprint



Chapter 7: Defensive Programming



Chapter 8: Testing Part 1: Static Code Analysis



Chapter 9: Testing Part 2: Penetration Testing/Dynamic Analysis/IAST/RASP



Chapter 10: Securing DevOps



Chapter 11: Metrics and Models for AppSec Maturity



Chapter 12: Frontiers for AppSec



Chapter 13: AppSec Is a Marathon—Not a Sprint!





Appendix A: Sample Acceptance Criteria for Security Controls



Appendix B: Resources for AppSec





Index

Biography

Mark S. Merkow, CISSP, CISM, CSSLP, works at WageWorks in Tempe, Arizona, leading application security architecture and engineering efforts in the office of the CISO. Mark has over 40 years of experience in IT in a variety of roles, including application development, systems analysis and design, security engineering, and security management. Mark holds a Master of Science in Decision and Information Systems from Arizona State University (ASU), a Master of Education in Distance Education from ASU, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from ASU. In addition to his day job, Mark engages in a number of extracurricular activities, including consulting, course development, online course instruction, and book writing. Mark has authored or co-authored 17 books on IT and has been a contributing editor to four others. Mark remains very active in the information security community, working in a variety of volunteer roles for the Phoenix Chapter of (ISC), ISACA®, and OWASP. You can find Mark’s LinkedIn® profile at: linkedin.com/in/markmerkow