Summary

You've covered a lot of ground in this short chapter and might be left with a number of questions. Don't worry; subsequent chapters delve into more detail and provide answers as you progress. For now, it's important that you have a good understanding of what can go wrong in computer software and understand the terminology used in discussing these issues. You should also have developed an appreciation of the need for security auditing of applications and become familiar with different aspects of the process. In later chapters, you build on this foundation as you learn how to use this audit process to identify vulnerabilities in the applications you review.