Cyber Secure Coder (CSC)

1 – Identify Security Requirements and Expectations

• Security Throughout the Development Process
• Business Requirements
• Standards and Compliance Requirements
• User Impact
• User Expectations
• Platform Requirements
• Consequences of Not Meeting Security Requirements
• Guidelines for Identifying Security Requirements and Expectations
• Identifying Security Requirements and Expectations
• Topic B: Identify Factors That Undermine Software Security
• Three Ps of Software Security
• Software Security Terminology
• Identifying Factors That Undermine Security
• Topic C: Find Vulnerabilities in Your Software
• Builders and Breakers
• Hacking
• Phases of an Attack
• Common Attack Patterns
• Case Study: Protecting Against a Password Attack
• Guidelines for Identifying Software Security Vulnerabilities
• Identifying Vulnerabilities in an Application
• Cracking a Password Hash
• Fixing a Password Hash Vulnerability
• Topic D: Gather Intelligence on Vulnerabilities and Exploits
• Vulnerability Intelligence
• Exploits
• Guidelines for Researching Vulnerabilities and Exploits
• Identifying Sources for Vulnerability Intelligence

2 – Handling Vulnerabilities

• Topic A: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Software Defects and Misconfiguration
• Software Defects
• Causes of Software Defects
• Guidelines for Preventing Security Defects
• Preventing Security Defects
• Problems in ThirdParty Code
• Problems in Standard Libraries
• Dependencies
• Encryption Validation
• Security of Host Systems and Service Providers
• Guidelines for Using ThirdParty Code and Services
• Host Platform Configuration
• Hypervisor Vulnerabilities
• Guidelines for Managing Vulnerabilities in External Hosts and Services
• Identifying Vulnerabilities in a Software Project
• Examining the Project Files
• Error Messaging
• Error Handling
• FailSafe
• Failure Recovery
• Guidelines for Secure Error Handling
• Identifying Software Defects and Misconfiguration
• Topic B: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Human Factors
• The Human Element in Software Security
• Vulnerabilities Attributed to the Human Element
• Social Engineering Attacks
• User Input
• Input Validation
• Security Policy Enforcement
• Guidelines for Managing People Risks
• Managing People Risks
• Topic C: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Process Shortcomings
• Development Process Approaches
• Building Security In
• The CIA Triad
• Requirements Phase
• Design Phase
• Development Phase
• Testing Phase
• Security Testing Tools
• Deployment Phase
• Maintenance Phase
• Development Process Security
• Guidelines for Software Development Processes
• Managing Software Development Process Risks

3 – Designing for Security

• Topic A: Apply General Principles for Secure Design
• Security in the Design Phase
• Security by Obscurity vs. Security by Design
• OWASP Security Design Principles
• Minimize Attack Surface Area
• Establish Secure Defaults
• Least Privilege
• Least Common Mechanism
• Defense in Depth
• Fail Securely
• Don’t Trust Services
• Separation of Duties
• Security by Obscurity
• Keep Security Simple
• Fix Security Issues Correctly
• Software Design Patterns
• Security Patterns
• Modular Design
• Benefits of Modular Design
• The Balance Between Defense in Depth and Simplicity
• Guidelines for Avoiding Common Design Mistakes
• Avoiding Common Security Design Flaws
• Topic B: Design Software to Counter Specific Threats
• The Risk Equation
• Threat Modeling
• Benefits of Threat Modeling
• Step 1: Define General Security Objectives and Scope
• Tooling and Documentation
• Assets
• Step 2: Decompose the Software
• Trust Levels
• Entry and Exit Points
• External Dependencies
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Diagramming Symbols
• Diagramming the Catalog Application
• Step 3: Identify and Rank Threats
• STRIDE
• PASTA
• Misuse Cases
• Security Zones
• Strategies for Ranking Threats
• DREAD
• Risk Response Strategies
• Severity
• Risks Outside Your Control
• Guidelines for Identifying and Ranking Threats
• Step 4: Counter Each Threat
• Countermeasures
• Identifying Threats and Countermeasures

4 – Developing Secure Code

• Topic A: Follow Best Practices for Secure Coding
• Development Documentation and Deliverables
• Application and Data Integrity
• Common General Programming Errors
• Insecure Deserialization
• Guidelines for Secure Coding
• Researching Your Secure Coding Checklist
• Buffer Overrun Defects
• Buffer Overflows
• Guidelines to Prevent Buffer Overflow Defects
• Buffer Overreads
• Guidelines to Prevent Buffer Overread Defects
• Integer Overflows
• Guidelines to Prevent Integer Overflow Defects
• Uncontrolled Format Strings
• Insecure Output Encoding
• XXE Attacks
• Guidelines to Prevent Uncontrolled Format String Defects
• Race Condition
• Impact of Race Conditions on Threading/Multiprocessing
• Guidelines to Prevent Race Condition Defects
• Performing a MemoryBased Attack
• Topic B: Prevent Platform Vulnerabilities
• OWASP Top Ten Platform Vulnerabilities
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Broken Authentication
• Guidelines to Prevent Web Vulnerability Defects
• Guidelines to Prevent Mobile App Vulnerability Defects
• Guidelines to Prevent Internet of Things Vulnerability Defects
• Desktop Application Vulnerabilities
• DLL Injection
• Shellcode Injection
• Debugger Security
• Differences Among Desktop Platforms
• Managed vs. Unmanaged
• Desktop Application Attack Vectors
• Development Tool and Project Configuration
• Guidelines to Prevent Desktop Application Vulnerabilities
• Finding Common Web Vulnerabilities
• Topic C: Prevent Privacy Vulnerabilities
• Privacy Vulnerability Defects
• Privacy by Design
• Data Anonymization
• Guidelines to Prevent Privacy Vulnerability Defects
• Handling Privacy Defects

5 – Implementing Common Protections

• Topic A: Limit Access Using Login and User Roles
• Web Sessions
• Secure Session Management
• Methods for Passing Session IDs
• Access Control
• Guidelines for Secure Session Management
• User Provisioning
• Password Recovery
• Account Lockouts
• Guidelines for Secure Password Management
• Handling Authentication and Authorization Defects
• Topic B: Protect Data in Transit and At Rest
• Encryption
• Uses for Encryption
• Cryptographic Lifecycle
• Symmetric Encryption
• Asymmetric Encryption
• Hashing
• Digital Signatures
• Digital Signature Nonrepudiation
• Digital Certificates
• PKI
• PKI Components
• The PKI Process
• Key Management
• Key Management Factors
• Certificate Revocation
• Guidelines for Protecting Data in Transit and at Rest
• Protecting Data in Transit and at Rest
• Topic C: Implement Error Handling and Logging
• Error Handling
• Uses for Error Handling
• Error Messaging
• Logging
• Guidelines for Implementing Error Handling and Logging
• Reviewing Error Handling
• Improving Error Handling
• Topic D: Protect Sensitive Data and Functions
• Sensitive Data
• Output Restrictions
• Function Level Access Control
• Case Study: CrossSite Scripting Defect
• Guidelines for Protecting Sensitive Data and Functions
• Protecting Sensitive Data and Functions
• Staging a Persisted XSS Attack on an Administrator Function
• Topic E: Protect Database Access
• Case Study: SQL Injection Defect
• Query Parameterization
• Database Connection Credential Protection
• Guidelines for Protecting Database Access
• Protecting Database Access

6 – Testing Software Security

• Topic A: Perform Security Testing
• The Role of Testing
• Phases of Software Testing
• Development Testing
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Documentation and Deliverables for Testing
• Manual Inspection and Code Review
• Code Review Strategies
• Guidelines for Security Testing
• Performing Manual Inspection and Review
• Topic B: Analyze Code to find Security Problems
• Static Code Analysis
• Strategies for Using Static Analysis
• Dynamic Code Analysis
• Guidelines for Code Analysis
• Performing Code Analysis
• Topic C: Use Automated Testing Tools to Find Security Problems
• Automated Testing
• Unit Testing
• Guidelines for Using Automated Testing Tools
• Using a Test Suite to Automate Unit Testing

7 – Maintaining Security in Deployed Software

• Topic A: Monitor and Log Applications to Support Security
• Emerging Security Problems
• Situational Awareness
• Security Monitoring
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Monitor Placement
• Logging
• Guidelines for Monitoring and Logging a Deployed Application
• Monitoring and Logging a Deployed Application
• Topic B: Maintain Security after Deployment
• Maintenance
• Patches and Updates
• Uninstallation and Deprovisioning
• Guidelines for Maintaining Security of Deployed Software
• Maintaining Security After Deployment

8 – Design Software to Counter Specific Threats

• The Risk Equation
• Threat Modeling
• Benefits of Threat Modeling
• Step 1: Define General Security Objectives and Scope
• Tooling and Documentation
• Assets
• Step 2: Decompose the Software
• Trust Levels
• Entry and Exit Points
• External Dependencies
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Diagramming Symbols
• Diagramming the Catalog Application

9 – Identify and Rank Threats

• STRIDE
• PASTA
• Misuse Cases
• Security Zones
• Strategies for Ranking Threats
• DREAD
• Risk Response Strategies
• Severity
• Risks Outside Your Control
• Guidelines for Identifying and Ranking Threats