Who is This Book for?

Software testers are this books primary target audience. The people in the following list can benefit from reading this book for reasons inherent in their job descriptions:

  • Software testers   Testers are responsible for understanding at an intimate level the technical details of how the features they are testing work. This deep knowledge can be used specifically for security testing. We show testers how to use their knowledge of functionality testing to perform security testing. We work at Microsoft in the test organization and have spent several years working with testers to help them better understand how to test for security in the same areas they are already testing for functionality. While writing this book, we have solicited feedback from both functionality testers and security experts.

  • Software developers   Although this book does not describe how to fix or write secure code, it does describe how to attack software. Software developers should find this of interest because an understanding of exactly how attacks are carried out can enable developers to better defend their applications. Software developers can also learn about specific test areas and can then request the security tester for their code to focus on these areas.

  • Students   Currently, many schools do not teach students how to do security testing. This absent education becomes a problem when these students graduate and get jobs working in the software or information technology field. Students who read this book can gain skills in designing, writing, testing, and deploying more secure software. These skills will often be helpful to them in obtaining and performing a job.

  • Penetration testers   Professional penetration testers (also known as security testing experts) might already know many of the topics discussed in this book. Likely, large sections of this book will be of interest to penetration testers who seek to obtain information in areas they arent familiar with. This book covers both client and server applications. We obtained information and advice from area experts who either are creators of the technology discussed or focus on security testing such technology.



Hunting Security Bugs
Hunting Security Bugs
ISBN: 073562187X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 156

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