The Network Security. Org

In How to Break Web Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services, Mike Andrews and James A. Whittaker tackle every category of Web software exploit. They reveal where to look for potential threats and attack vectors, how to rigorously test for each of them, and how to mitigate the problems you find.

We found a few minutes to chat with these two experts, and to ask them for advice.

Mike Andrews is a senior consultant at Foundstone who leads the web application testing service lines. James Whittaker is a professor of computer science at Florida Tech, Founder of Security Innovation, and author of How to Break Software. He’s also co-author of How to Break Software Security and How to Break Web Software. The Worry-Wart’s Guide to Web Application Security

From around the Web

• Windows Vista Service Pack 2 Latest Release Schedule
• Vista SP2: What is inside?
• NetWitness releases free version of security software
• Three Reasons Why Users Won’t Buy Into Security
• Automated security testing & its limitations
• Google Wants to Preinstall Chrome Browser on PCs
• Mozilla warns of Firefox China add on
• Firefox No Longer an Automatic Defense Against Browser Drive Bys
• Google patches Chrome file stealing bug
• Apple plays catch up, adds anti fraud safeguard to Safari
• Researchers find vulnerability in Windows Vista
• How to Use Network Behavior Analysis Tools
• The insider security threat in IT and financial services
• Windows 7 security: An overall improvement?
• Windows 7 UAC could be less of a nag