Application security in the ISO27001:2013 Environment

by Vinod Vasudevan

Overview

Application Security in the ISO 27001:2013 Environment explains how organisations can implement and maintain effective security practices to protect their web applications – and the servers on which they reside – as part of a wider information security management system by following the guidance set out in the international standard for information security management, ISO 27001.

The book describes the methods used by criminal hackers to attack organisations via their web applications and provides a detailed explanation of how you can combat such attacks by employing the guidance and controls set out in ISO 27001.

 

Product overview

• Second edition, updated to reflect ISO 27001:2013 as well as best practices relating to cryptography, including the PCI SSC’s denigration of SSL in favour of TLS.
• Provides a full introduction to ISO 27001 and information security management systems, including implementation guidance.
• Describes risk assessment, management and treatment approaches.
• Examines common types of web app security attack, including injection attacks, cross-site scripting, and attacks on authentication and session management, explaining how each can compromise ISO 27001 control objectives and showing how to test for each attack type.
• Discusses the ISO 27001 controls relevant to application security.
• Lists useful web app security metrics and their relevance to ISO 27001 controls.
• Provides a four-step approach to threat profiling, and describes application security review and testing approaches.
• Sets out guidelines and the ISO 27001 controls relevant to them, covering:
  • input validation
  • authentication
  • authorisation
  • sensitive data handling and the use of TLS rather than SSL
  • session management
  • error handling and logging
• Describes the importance of security as part of the web app development process

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849287692
Publisher:	IT Governance Publishing
Publication date:	10/15/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Vinod Vasudevan, CISSP, is the chief technology officer (CTO) at Paladion. He has a demonstrated history of working in the cyber security industry, and before co-founding Paladion he worked with Microsoft. Vinod has experience in big data security analytics, risk management, ISO 27001, IT governance, PCI DSS and application security.

Vinod Vasudevan, CISSP, is the Director of Managed Risk Services at Paladion. He is the co-author of Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology, published by Auerbach. Prior to co-founding Paladion, Vinod worked with Microsoft. 

Table of Contents

1: Introduction to the International Information
Security Standards ISO27001 and ISO27002
2: The ISO27001 Implementation Project
3: Risk Assessment
4: Introduction to Application Security Threats
5: Application Security and ISO27001
6: Attacks on Applications
7: Secure Development Lifecycle
8: Threat Profiling and Security Testing
9: Secure Coding Guidelines