Developing Secure Applications

Developing Secure Applications is targeted towards all developers and security programmers. Mobile apps, website applications, and enterprise applications developers would especially benefit from dedicated tools and case studies covered in the book. Written for the reader with no prior knowledge of how to build secure mobile and web-based applications and to test for their security, the book explains all the necessary concepts, tips and tricks, and practical real-life security threats.

The book has been logically organized into 4 units:

• Fundamentals of security engineering, security testing, and development methodologies
• Security testing recipes
• Secure development guidelines and recipes
• Case studies: the latest and interesting attack vectors

The highlights of the book are its coverage of the latest trends in attacks against web or mobile applications and the best practices for developing secure mobile applications.

What you’ll learn

• Mobile apps and web application security fundamentals
• Secure development strategies
• Installing and using security testing tools of the trade
• Approach toward application security testing
• Secure development practices
• Security engineering best-practices
• Latest trends in attacks against web or mobile applications
• Developing and testing secure iOS and Android applications

Who this book is for

Developers and testers who write web applications and mobile applications should find this most useful, though all developers who need to understand security are the target.

This book may also be a great reference for professionals who are interested in starting their career in application security testing or mobile application security.

Can be used as a quick guide by seasoned security professionals.

Since the book is programming language independent and also covers open-source tools, it can be used as a reference by any programmer or any business whether start-ups with budget constraints or large enterprises with large investment plans.