Whitepapers by Mano Paul
The Need for Secure Software
Why is insecure software still a problem despite advances in tech? This foundational whitepaper lays out the urgent case for building software security into every phase of development—and why it’s no longer optional.
Software Assurance: A Kaleidoscope of Perspectives
Security isn’t one-size-fits-all. Explore how diverse viewpoints shape the evolving discipline of software assurance in today’s threat landscape.
Software Security: Being Secure in an Insecure World
What does it really mean to build ‘secure’ software today? This whitepaper explores pragmatic approaches to security that balance business goals, compliance, and development.
The Ten Best Practices for Secure Software Development
Knowing what to do is half the battle. This whitepaper distills decades of experience into 10 essential practices every developer and security leader should adopt to bake security into code from the start.
Code (In)Security
Is your code a ticking time bomb? This eye-opening whitepaper will walk you through common developer pitfalls and illustrates how insecure coding practices lead to exploitable systems with real-world consequences and detrimental effects.
Trust In Cyberspace
Trust is fragile especially in cyberspace and once lost can take considerable effort and time to be regained. This whitepaper breaks down the components of digital trust and shows how organizations can earn and sustain trust in an age of zero trust and pervasive breaches.
Assuring Software Security Through Testing
If you’re not testing for security, you’re trusting blindly. Learn how to move beyond functional QA into robust security testing that catches what scanners and checklists miss. Validation and verification will help ensure trust.
Software Security in a Flat World
The world may be flat, but security risks are steep. In our globally interconnected software ecosystem, this whitepaper explains why security must scale across distributed teams, supply chains, and outsourced codebases.
Security in the Skies: Cloud Computing Security Concerns, Threats, & Controls
When your data floats in the cloud, who’s securing it? This whitepaper demystifies cloud threats and outlines the key controls needed to secure assets in SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments.
Mano Paul
Published Information Security Author