All Episodes
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Episode 20 — Provision and Govern Data Access Safely and Consistently
Controlling who can see and change data is central to secure software, and the CSSLP exam focuses heavily on whether access is granted and reviewed in a disciplined wa...
Episode 21 — Develop Realistic Misuse and Abuse Cases for Resilience
Misuse and abuse cases push you to think like an attacker or a stressed user, and the CSSLP exam regularly checks whether you can anticipate negative behaviors before ...
Episode 22 — Build Robust Security Requirement Traceability From Start
Traceability is the connective tissue that links risks, requirements, designs, tests, and evidence, and the CSSLP exam expects you to understand how that chain is cons...
Episode 23 — Set Enforceable Third-Party and Supplier Security Requirements
Third-party relationships extend your attack surface and regulatory obligations, and the CSSLP exam expects you to treat supplier security as an integral part of the s...
Episode 24 — Recap Checkpoint Covering Domains One Through Three
Early CSSLP domains lay the groundwork for how you think about requirements, architecture, and design, and a structured recap helps reinforce those connections before ...
Episode 25 — Establish Secure Architecture and Foundational Design Choices
Architecture decisions set the long-term security posture of a system, and CSSLP questions often explore whether those decisions create strong or fragile foundations. ...
Episode 26 — Perform Secure Interface Design for Trustworthy Integrations
Secure interfaces act as contracts between components, teams, and organizations, and the CSSLP exam frequently tests whether those contracts are designed to resist mis...
Episode 27 — Select Identity and Credential Technologies That Scale
Identity and credential technologies underpin almost every control discussed in the CSSLP, yet many exam scenarios hinge on subtle choices about how those technologies...
Episode 28 — Apply Virtualization and Trusted Computing to Strengthen Platforms
Virtualization and trusted computing concepts give you tools to isolate workloads, prove platform integrity, and protect secrets, and the CSSLP blueprint expects famil...
Episode 29 — Model Threats Effectively Using STRIDE and PASTA
Threat modeling is one of the most powerful analytical tools in the CSSLP toolkit, and structured methods like STRIDE and PASTA help you apply it consistently. This ep...
Episode 30 — Evaluate Attack Surface Using Intelligence and Context
Attack surface evaluation tells you where a system is exposed and how attractive those exposures are to real adversaries, and the CSSLP exam expects you to blend techn...
Episode 31 — Conduct Architectural Risk Assessments That Drive Mitigations
Architectural risk assessments sit at the point where design intent meets real-world threats, and the CSSLP exam expects you to recognize when these assessments are th...
Episode 32 — Model Constraints and Operational Architecture for Reality
Systems rarely run in ideal conditions, and the CSSLP exam frequently explores how well designs account for the constraints and operational realities they will face. A...
Episode 33 — Exam Acronyms: Quick Audio Reference for Learners
Acronyms compress key ideas into a few letters, and the CSSLP exam uses them heavily, expecting you to recall what they stand for and how they relate to secure softwar...
Episode 34 — Apply Secure Coding Fundamentals Across Languages and Stacks
Secure coding fundamentals are language-agnostic habits that reduce entire classes of vulnerabilities, and CSSLP questions routinely distinguish between code that appl...
Episode 35 — Sanitize Inputs and Handle Errors Without Leaks
Input sanitization and careful error handling protect systems from both direct exploitation and inadvertent information disclosure, and this combination appears repeat...
Episode 36 — Analyze Code to Uncover Latent Security Risks
Code analysis is where design assumptions meet implementation reality, and the CSSLP exam expects you to understand how careful review reveals risks that are not obvio...
Episode 37 — Implement Application Security Controls That Actually Work
Application security controls only deliver value when they are correctly implemented, consistently enforced, and aligned with realistic use cases, and the CSSLP exam o...
Episode 38 — Treat Identified Risks and Track Remediation Through Closure
Risk treatment is the process of moving from awareness to action, and CSSLP exam scenarios frequently test whether you can manage that journey in a disciplined, tracea...
Episode 39 — Integrate Components Safely to Minimize Hidden Couplings
Modern systems depend on many interacting components, and the CSSLP exam emphasizes whether those integrations are designed to limit risk rather than amplify it. Core ...