Essential Guide to Developing an Application Security Program

1. Lean and (Prepared for) Mean:Application Security Program Essentials Philip J. Beyer - Texas Education Agency philip.beyer@tea.state.tx.us John B. Dickson - Denim Group john@denimgroup.com TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

2. Overview • Background • Trends • Essentials • Roadmap TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

3. About • Phil Beyer • Information Security Officer • Consulting background • John Dickson • Application security industry leader • TEA • ~700 employees • ~1200 school districts • ~5 million students TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

4. Application Security – What? Why? • In Brief • Web applications can be attacked • Attacks are different from network or OS levels • Becoming a significant attack vector • Impact • Attackers bypass traditional infrastructure security controls • Users are a target as well as data TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

5. Trends • At TEA • Applications created regularly and retired slowly • Ability to outsource remediation decreased due to funding limitations • In the Industry • Attacks are increasingly sophisticated and automated • Remediation costs increase in later phases of the development cycle TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

6. EssentialsWhere Did TEA Start • Application Security Program established • Some policy and procedure • Initial training and exposure to concepts • Historically siloed approach • Outsourcing for subject matter expertise • Veracode • Denim Group TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

7. EssentialsThe Premise • Some things you Don’t Need • Some things you Do Need • Some things you Just Don’t Need Yet TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

8. EssentialsWhat You Don’t Need • An Expensive Scanner • A Security Process for scanning is more important • Simple (free) scanners will get you started • Buy the software later TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

9. EssentialsWhat You Don’t Need • A Complicated Scoring/Tracking Tool • A Security Process for profiling is more important • Risk ranking doesn’t have to be hard • Keeping track of your applications can be simple • Buy the software later TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

10. EssentialsWhat You Don’t Need • A Dedicated Application Security Team • A Security Process for testing is more important • Leverage your existing QA and Testing team • Simple security testing will get you started • Build and train your testing capability gradually TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

11. EssentialsWhat You Don’t Need • A Perfect SDLC • Get started with what you have now • Update your policies and procedures as you go • Don’t try to drop in “The Secure SDLC” all at once TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

12. EssentialsWhat You Do Need • A Champion • That’s You! • Understand the problem • Communicate the risk • Work with the business TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

13. EssentialsWhat You Do Need • A Team that Gets It • Managers • Developers • Testers • Security TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

14. EssentialsWhat You Do Need • Good Training • Resources exist, some are free • The trainer is important • Attacks evolve, so should your training TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

15. EssentialsWhat You Do Need • Expert Help • Technical questions will arise • Some vendors will dispute vulnerabilities • Be sure your team can consult with experts TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

16. EssentialsWhat You Do Need • A Roadmap to Maturity • Use an established maturity model • OpenSAMM • BSIMM • Design a roadmap to get to maturity • Don’t try to do it all at once TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

17. RoadmapUse a Maturity Model • OpenSAMM - Software Assurance Maturity Model • Maturity levels 1 thru 4 • Governance • Strategy & Metrics (2), Policy & Compliance (3), Education & Guidance (3) • Construction • Threat Assessment (3), Security Requirements (3), Secure Architecture (3) • Verification • Design Review (2), Code Review (2), Security Testing (3) • Deployment • Vulnerability Management (3), Environment Hardening (3), Operational Enablement (3) TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

18. Roadmap – Phase 1Governance • Estimate overall business risk profile • Build and maintain an application security program roadmap • Build and maintain compliance guidelines • Conduct technical security awareness training • Build and maintain technical guidelines TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

19. Roadmap – Phase 1Construction • Derive security requirements based on business functionality • Evaluate security and compliance guidance for requirements TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

20. Roadmap – Phase 1Verification • Derive test cases from known security requirements • Conduct penetration testing on software releases TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

21. Roadmap – Phase 1Deployment • Identify point of contact for security issues • Create informal security response team(s) TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

22. Resources • OWASP – Open Web Application Security Project • http://www.owasp.org/ • OpenSAMM - Software Assurance Maturity Model • http://www.opensamm.org/ • Denim Group – Remediation Resource Center • http://www.denimgroup.com/remediation/ TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference

23. Questions? TASSCC 2011 Annual Conference