A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO APPLICATION SECURITY FOR CISOs
Volume One – Foundations of Application Security
Whether you’re new to security or a seasoned expert, this book will help you strengthen your application security approach and stay current with the latest standards, best practices, and emerging trends in secure development.
- Reduce risk from application-based vulnerabilities while minimizing the time and effort required from your organization to respond to common security issues.
- Adopt secure practices such as “shift-left” development, transitioning to the public cloud, and implementing a zero-trust model to stay resilient and competitive in a rapidly evolving landscape.
- Demonstrate leadership and accountability by promoting a culture of trust and security awareness across teams—an essential trait of every effective security program.
- Enhance compliance with leading industry standards and regulations such as NIST SSDF, ISO 27001, CMMC, PCI DSS, HIPAA, and GDPR.
- Build customer trust by adopting secure-by-design and secure-by-default principles. This strengthens relationships with clients and partners, improves retention, and enhances organizational reputation.
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO APPLICATION SECURITY FOR CISOs
Volume Two – Building and Maintaining Secure Applications
This book builds upon the foundation laid in Volume One – Foundations of Application Security.
The first volume taught you how to understand and apply secure development principles, and this one teaches you how to lead them—across teams, departments, and the entire organization.
Here, you’ll learn how to design, implement, and sustain a mature Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL) that aligns business goals, compliance requirements, and technical excellence. Through real-world insights and proven frameworks, this volume helps you evolve from practitioner to leader—from understanding security to shaping it.
- Lead secure development programs and teams with confidence
- Build and maintain resilient and measurable SDL processes
- Translate complex technical risks into business-driven decisions
- Align application security with compliance, governance, and ESG goals
- Foster a security-first culture that empowers development teams
- Measure, report, and continuously improve application security maturity
