In this Meet the Gurus session, Jungwoo Ryo (JR) introduces secure software development tools and frameworks and teaches secure coding practices such as input validation, separation of concerns, and single access point. He discusses how you can recognize different kinds of security threats and fortify your code and help you to put a system in place to test your software for any overlooked vulnerabilities. JR will touch on

• What is software security?
• Analyzing different kinds of security threats
• Designing secure software by adopting patterns and addressing vulnerabilities
• Avoiding buffer overflows
• Countering insecure direct object references
• Securing sensitive data
• Testing software security

About our Guru:

Jungwoo Ryoo (JR) is the Division Head of Penn State's Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology. JR's interests and teaching include information assurance and security, software engineering, computer networking, and data science. He extensively published in top journals and conducts extensive research in software security, network/cybersecurity, security management (particularly in the government sector), data-driven security, software architectures, architecture description languages (ADLs), object-oriented software development, formal methods, and requirements engineering.

About our Host:

Paul Siegel is an entrepreneur and an educator working towards technology professionals to transform them into world-class experts and business people into tech-savvy leaders. Paul is an inventor and patent (pending) holder in talent management software and has co-authored and/or edited over 30 books (check Amazon to see details).

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