Security for Software Engineers

<p><strong><em>Security for Software Engineers</em></strong> is designed to introduce security concepts to undergraduate software engineering students. The book is divided into four units each targeting activities that a software engineer will likely be involved in within industry. </p><p></p><p>The book explores the key areas of attack vectors code hardening privacy and social engineering. Each topic is explored from a theoretical and a practical-application standpoint. </p><p></p><p>Features:</p><p></p><ul> <br><br><p></p> <li>Targets software engineering students - one of the only security texts to target this audience.</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Focuses on the white-hat side of the security equation rather than the black-hat side.</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Includes many practical and real-world examples that easily translate into the workplace.</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Covers a one-semester undergraduate course.</li> <br><br> <br><br><p></p> <li>Describes all aspects of computer security as it pertains to the job of a software engineer and presents problems similar to that which an engineer will encounter in the industry.</li> <br><br> </ul><p></p><p>This text will equip students to make knowledgeable security decisions be productive members of a security review team and write code that protects a user’s information assets.</p>