CSS 321 CTU Online Software Assurance Techniques Security Paper

Continue development of the software assurance guidelines document.  New content will include guidelines for software assurance techniques as  applied to the applications being developed by the company. This  includes desktop, Web, and database applications.

One of the first tasks in the development of a software assurance  guidelines document is to determine how software assurance techniques  can be applied to the applications being developed by the company. These  applications are usually in 3 categories: desktop applications, Web  applications, and mobile applications. In addition, some of the  applications will probably use a database for the storage of  information. To create this part of the software assurance guidelines  document, it is necessary to understand the security risks applicable to  these types of applications, and identify how the applications can be  secured.

For this assignment, you will identify the types of applications that  are being produced by the company, and perform an evaluation of  security risks applicable to these applications. You will then identify  the types of software assurance techniques to be used for security risk  mitigation in each of the software applications.

The project deliverables are as follows:

• Update the software assurance guidelines document title page with new date and project name.  
• Update the previously completed sections based on instructor feedback.  
• Complete the Software Assurance Techniques section.  
  • Analysis:  
    • List and describe at least 3 software applications that are produced  by the organization. The applications must include at least 1 desktop  application and 1 Web application.  
      • One of the applications must use a database for data storage. 
    • Identify at least 2 areas of each application that are at  security risk, and describe the possible threats and their implications  to the organization and to the client (in this case, the government).  
    • For each security risk, identify at least 1 software assurance technique that can be applied to reduce the security threat. 
  • Guidelines:  
    • Based on the analysis that was performed in the previous step,  prepare a set of software assurance guidelines that the organization can  use for all of the applications that it creates.  
    • Guidelines should be categorized by the type of software  application and if the application is using a database for data storage  or not.  
    • Guidelines should identify the software assurance technique to  be applied, and they should provide sufficient detail to allow the  software development group to implement the technique.