Securing Third-Party Code
Guy Podjarny(Author)
O'Reilly (Publisher)
Book
Paperback/Softback
250 pages
978-1-4919-6048-6 (ISBN)
Description
Modern web development is full of open source code on both the server and the client. While great, this large and growing use of dependencies also represents a risk. What do you know about the packages used in your code? Do its authors understand and care about security? Does it have known vulnerabilities? Could it accidentally expose private data? Can we be certain its authors are malicious or compromised? This practical guide shows you how to use open source code without compromising security. Chock full of data, tools, and best practices to help you control risk and enjoy the open source productivity boost responsibly.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4919-6048-6 (9781491960486)
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Guy Podjarny (Guypo) is CEO & cofounder at Snyk, where he deals with the security risks that open source dependencies introduce. He's passionate about making a better web through speaking, writing and building tools, mostly on the topics of Web Security, Web Performance and Responsive Web Design (RWD). Before Snyk, he was the CTO of Akamai's Web Performance business, following its acquisition of his startup, Blaze. Before Blaze he built Web Application Security products, including the first Web App Firewall (AppShield), Dynamic Application Security Testing tool (AppScan) and Static Application Security Testing tool (AppScan Dev Edition).