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Security Guidance Toolbar for VS 2005

Overview

patterns & practices security guidance provides proven practical guidance toward developing secure applications.

The patterns & practices Security Guidance Toolbar gives you access to this world class application security guidance from within the Visual Studio 2005 IDE. Use the toolbar to get instant access to How To’s , Checklists , Security Engineering methodology and more.

Use the toolbar to stay up to date with new patterns & practices security guidance and tools as they are made available. When updates are available for any patterns & practice security assets, the toolbar will let you know.

Usage Scenarios

* Discover and read patterns & practices security guidance from within any version of Visual Studio 2005
* Learn of new patterns & practices security guidance as it comes available
* Learn of new patterns & practices security tools as they become available

Install

1. Go to the Got Dot Net download site to get the toolbar installation package.
2. Closed all versions of Visual Studio and then run the installer.

Next time you start Visual Studio 2005 you will see the security toolbar amongst your other toolbars.

FAQ

* How does the toolbar update itself?
* Are there any extension points?
* Does the installer include source code?
* Is there help documentation included?

Uninstall

If you wish to disable the toolbar but leave it installed you can right click in the Visual Studio toolbar docking space (but not on the toolbar itself) and uncheck the security toolbar.

If you wish to completely uninstall the toolbar open add/remove programs from the control panel and uninstall the Security Guidance Toolbar

Feedback

If you have feedback on the toolbar, please post it to the forums on the Got Dot Net Security Toolbar project site .

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