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To all the developers and software professionals we have worked with, whether it was teaching secure coding, ethically hacking your software, or writing code alongside you, it has been an honor working with you. To all hackers, both builder and breaker, and to everyone who has ever poked around an application and said I wonder what happens if I try , you are an inspiration. Stay curious. And to anyone who is hungry to learn something new about software development and software security, this book is for you.

Jim Manico (Hawaii) is an author and educator of developer security awareness trainings. He is a frequent speaker on secure software practices and is a member of the JavaOne Rock Star Wall of Fame. Jim is also a Global Board Member for the OWASP Foundation, where he helps drive the strategic vision for the organization. He manages and participates in several OWASP projects, including the OWASP Cheat Sheet series and several secure coding projects. For more information, see www.linkedin.com/in/jmanico.

August Detlefsen (California) is a Senior Application Security Consultant with more than eighteen years experience in software development, enterprise application architecture, and information security. August works with major clients in financial services, health care, mobile, eCommerce, and technology to help secure web properties from potential threats. His companys consulting services include source code and infrastructure reviews, penetration testing, threat modeling, gap analysis, software security control architecture, and training. August is a graduate of Dartmouth College and an active member of OWASP. He has contributed to several OWASP projects, which provide web developers with APIs for building robust applications. August enjoys developing tools to assist penetration testers, including Burp Suite extensions to test specific frameworks such as Amazon Web Services and Google Web Toolkit. He manages the site http://canyouxssthis.com to test and compare various anti-XSS technologies. August also developed the CodeMagi Clickjacking Defense, which is the current gold standard for clickjacking prevention.

Milton Smith (California) leads the strategic security program for Java platform products as Senior Principal Security PM at Oracle. Milton is responsible for defining the security vision for Java and managing working relationships with security organizations, researchers, and the industry at large. Prior to Oracle, Milton led security for Yahoos User Data Analytics (UDA) property. For more information, see https://www.linkedin.com/in/spoofzu or www.securitycurmudgeon.com/.

The greatest challenge in product security today is the fact that security quality is difficult for consumers to evaluate. A product with little security design consideration and a weak security posture discloses few, if any, outward signs of being insecure. Software security, like performance and scalability, cannot be effectively evaluated visually and requires specialized tools and training. In a vacuum, consumers often mistakenly assume strong, positive product safety unless news surfaces to shake that confidence. As a result, with ever increasing pressure on business leaders to be more competitive and deliver more value to customers, security is frequently marginalized in favor of delivering more direct features with tangible business value. Theres little incentive to pursue security excellence when consumers assume it already exists. All too often, businesses roll the dice and short product security, explaining away incidents when they occur with excuses like: