Software Security: Historical Aspects and SDLC

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What was the goal of the 1968 NATO Conference in Garmisch, Germany?

To solve the software crisis (correct)

To develop security requirements for software

To establish software development life cycles

To create a waterfall life-cycle model

What is the main benefit of including security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)?

It prolongs the software development process

It guarantees a secure output

It increases the cost of software development

It reduces the defects that cause security bugs (correct)

What are software requirements based on?

Business needs and IT operations group (correct)

Functional and non-functional requirements

Organization and coding standards

All of the above

What is a potential consequence of different threads or processes interacting with the same object simultaneously?

Object integrity compromise Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary source of functional requirements for software development?

Business needs Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of defining software security requirements?

To ensure the software meets the expected security standards Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the period of opportunity when concurrent threads can compete in attempting to alter the same object?

Race window Signup and view all the answers

What is the main strategy to avoid race conditions?

Identify and prevent concurrent access Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of software requirements?

To guide the software development process Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the situation where events occur out of sequence due to timing differences between threads?

Sequence and Timing Issue Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary cause of race conditions?

Concurrent thread access Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of identifying race windows in a system?

Avoidance of race conditions Signup and view all the answers

What is an object in the context of system operation?

A file, database record, system, or program element Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of misuse cases?

To decide and document how the software should react to improper use Signup and view all the answers

Who typically defines the specific set of activities that can be performed on an object?

The object itself Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of use cases?

To describe the complex or confusing requirements associated with user interactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the sleep method in the increment method of the Counter class?

To increase the likelihood of a race condition Signup and view all the answers

What is the main problem with the increment method in the Counter class?

It is not thread-safe Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of use-case modeling?

The intended system behavior for actors Signup and view all the answers

What is the expected output of the program if it is run multiple times?

Sometimes 2000, sometimes less than 2000 Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of the join method in the main method?

To wait for both threads to finish Signup and view all the answers

What can occur if complex conditional logic with unhandled states is not handled properly?

Infinite loops Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of security specialists in creating misuse cases?

To perform brainstorming with system developers Signup and view all the answers

Why is the use of the sleep method in the increment method not a good solution to prevent race conditions?

It does not guarantee thread safety Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary purpose of secure coding standards?

To provide rules and recommended practices for secure programming Signup and view all the answers

What is a common problem in many programs that can be addressed by secure coding standards?

Poor error handling Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of a security specialist in ensuring the security of an application?

To ensure that default configurations maintain the security of an application Signup and view all the answers

What is the benefit of applying enterprise rules in error handling?

To trap all exceptions and errors and handle them securely Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of a complete SDLC solution?

To ensure systems are secure by design, secure by default, and secure in deployment Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of secure coding standards in logging?

They describe how the system should be deployed to specify logging requirements Signup and view all the answers