The Security Development Lifecycle - SDL: A Process for Developing Demonstrably More Secure Software

Your customers demand and deserve better security and privacy in their software. This book is the first to detail a rigorous, proven methodology that measurably minimizes security bugs―the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL). In this long-awaited book, security experts Michael Howard and Steve Lipner from the Microsoft Security Engineering Team guide you through each stage of the SDL―from education and design to testing and post-release. You get their first-hand insights, best practices, a practical history of the SDL, and lessons to help you implement the SDL in any development organization.

Discover how to:

• Use a streamlined risk-analysis process to find security design issues before code is committed
• Apply secure-coding best practices and a proven testing process
• Conduct a final security review before a product ships
• Arm customers with prescriptive guidance to configure and deploy your product more securely
• Establish a plan to respond to new security vulnerabilities
• Integrate security discipline into agile methods and processes, such as Extreme Programming and Scrum

Includes a CD featuring:

• A six-part security class video conducted by the authors and other Microsoft security experts
• Sample SDL documents and fuzz testing tool

PLUS―Get book updates on the Web.

For customers who purchase an ebook version of this title, instructions for downloading the CD files can be found in the ebook.