SOFTWARE SECURITY EDUCATIONWHAT NEXT????
Submitted bySrinath
Viswanathan 006329076
Srinivas Gudisagar
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IntroductionSecurity typesCertification’sCoursesConclusion
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IntroductionWhat is Security Software Education? Software security essentially deals
with what are the security risks and how would one manage them.
• Security space can be cleanly divided into two distinct subfields:
Information Security Application Security
Information security concerns confidentiality, integrity and availability.
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Information SecuritySecure both the information and the
information systems. Classic Threats Disclosure
◦ Snooping, Trojan Horses Deception
◦ Modification, spoofing, repudiation of origin, denial of receipt
Disruption◦ Modification
Usurpation◦ Modification, spoofing, delay, denial of service
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Application Security
Application security applies security throughout the application’s life cycle.
Protect from attacks from design defects, deployment and maintenance of the application.
Application level security threats. Session Threat: Session Hijacking, Session
replay, Man in the middle attack.Auditing and Logging: Non Repudiation Input Threats: Cross Site scripting, SQL
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SQL Injection
Username &Password
SELECT passwdFROM USERS
WHERE uname IS ‘$username’
Normal Query
WebBrowser
WebServer Database
010010
1010101
0100101
SQL Injection
SELECT passwdFROM USERS
WHERE uname IS ‘’; DROP TABLE
USERS; -- '
Malicious Query
Eliminates all user accounts
“Username &Password”
WebBrowser
WebServer Database
Cross Site Scripting
/viewbalanceCookie: sessionid=40a4c04de
“Your balance is $25,000”
Alice bank.com/login.html
/authuname=alice&pass=ilovebobCookie: sessionid=40a4c04de
evil.com Cross Site ScriptingAlice bank.com
/login.html
/authuname=alice&pass=ilovebobCookie: sessionid=40a4c04de
/evil.html<IMG SRC=http://bank.com/paybill?addr=123 evil st & amt=$10000>
/paybill?addr=123 evil st, amt=$10000Cookie: sessionid=40a4c04de
“OK. Payment Sent!”
Why Security Certification? Professional validation of skills• Exposure to industry standards• Best practices• Baseline skills for a specific role• Quality of work & productivity• Differentiation of your organization or group
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Security CertificationsClassifications:
◦ Benchmark Wide recognition by professionals in all
sectors Advanced level Prerequisite for many senior jobs
◦ Foundation Introductory certifications One to four years of experience
Security CertificationsClassifications:
◦Intermediate 3 to 4 years of networking experience 2 years of IT Security experience
◦Advanced Expert level Minimum of 4 years of IT Security
experience
Security CertificationsBenchmark certifications:• CISSP
ISC2.org Common Body of Knowledge
Access Control Systems and Methodology Applications & Systems Development Business Continuity Planning Cryptography Law, Investigation & EthicsCost $600Average Annual Salary- $115,000
Security CertificationsFoundation level:SANS• GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC)
Basic understanding of the CBK Basic skills to incorporate good
information security practicesGIAC IT Security Audit Essentials
Developing audit checklists Perform limited risk assessment
Cost $450Average Annual Salary- $70,000
GIAC Secure Software Programmer:
Find Programming flaws.Comes in 3 flavors.Things provided by this certificate: a) It teaches some basic security concepts as
well as advanced topics. b) Learning to write code with security in mind.Advantages: Learners can demonstrate mastery of security
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Anti-Hacking Certification:
Thinking in Hackers Perspective.Teaches different network security testing tools.Things provided by this certificate: a) Learning Hacking tools like HTTPPort,
BackStealth. b) Hacking SSL enabled sites.Advantages: a) It Complements CEH, and learners are able to
come out with a complete security education. b) Learn to defend network from Trojans, virus. 16
EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA):
Analyze outcome of security tests.Differentiating with Ethical hacker.Things provided by this certificate: a) Methods and tool to test security. b) Performing network security testing and doing
an Exhaustive analysis.Advantages: a) Boosts your resume, by making you stand out
as a better security professional. b) Makes you skillful in using security tools and
techniques.
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Courses:Wireless Security Distinguished based on their range.General threats Denial Of Service, Eaves
dropping, man in the middle attack, replaying message, and hacker analyses patterns.
Defenses are Encryption, applying algorithms, using timestamp, authentication, IDS.
Defenses implemented with the base knowledge of network security.
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VPN Security Connect different nodes by a virtual
network.Methods to keep the communication and
data secure are: a) Firewall b) Encryption c) IPSec d) Building AAA server.
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Stanford Advanced Computer Security Certificate Six Courses to be done.The courses are: a) Using Cryptography Correctly - Avoid Programming
mistakes b) Writing secure code – Secure code tools. c) Security Protocols – Design SSL,WEP, IPSec, Kerberos
correctly. d) Software Secure Foundation – Secure Programming
techniques. e) Web Security – Security issues with web 2.0, Face
book lab. f) Securing Web Application – Secure website design,
SQL injection lab. 1100$ at Stanford, 495$ online.participants from organizations like Yahoo! Inc, Cisco
Systems, Oracle.
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Conclusion
Software security is every engineer's problem!
Certification and some of the courses that we mentioned is a great way to complement the network security course.
Better Security for Organizations.
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Reference:
http://www.eccouncil.org/ECSA.htmhttp://www.securityuniversity.net/
classes_Anti-Hacking_Certificate_Mgrs.phphttp://www.giac.org/certifications/software/http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps96916/
Draft-SP800-48r1.pdfhttp://www.isc2.org/csslp-certification.aspxhttp://www.cigital.com/ssw/softsec_infosec.p
dfhttp://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~vinodg/teaching/
fall-2007-cs673/index.html
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