Learn the techniques that every developer who works with Visual Basic .NET should know about designing, developing, and developing security-enhanced applications for Microsoft Windows® and the Web. Visual Basic .NET experts Ed Robinson and Mike Bond introduce critical security concepts using straightforward language and step-by-step examples. You get clear, end-to-end guidance—covering application design, coding techniques, testing methods, and deployment strategies, along with direction on how to help secure the operating system and related infrastructure and services.

Discover how to:

• Design a security-enhanced architecture
• Understand the most common vulnerabilities and how to write code to prevent them
• Implement authentication and authorization techniques in your applications
• Learn techniques for encryption, input validation, and exception handling
• Add Windows, Forms, and Passport authentication to Web applications
• Perform a security threat analysis and implement countermeasures
• Think like a hacker—and uncover security holes
• Create a setup for your application that implements security during installation
• Lock down the Windows operating system, Microsoft IIS, Microsoft SQL Server®, and Microsoft Access® databases