Are you a software engineer who is trying to incorporate security into basic software engineering? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Asoke K. Talukder and Manish Chaitanya, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that shows you how to architect and develop software systems that are secure and safe.



Talukder and Chaitanya, begin by discussing security, vulnerabilities, exploits and attacks. Next, the authors show you how to architect security software right from its inception. Then, they describe various vulnerabilities and loopholes in C programming. They continue by discussing Microsoft .NET Framework with all of its security services. Next, the authors cover security SOA and distributed environments. Then, they explore the security features that Java provides and show you how you can take advantage of these features for writing safe and reliable code. The authors continue by discussing various networks including NGN. Next, they explore security challenges related to the application interface. They continue by looking into the security threats of the J2EE programming model and the techniques to counter these vulnerabilities using programmatic and configuration techniques with respect to Servlets, JSPs and EJBs. Finally, the authors discuss the various types of threats relevant to Web services and various ways to address them.



This most excellent book presents techniques that will hopefully stop a hacker from successfully launching attacks on your computer applications. More importantly, it will show you how security information is power!