Course Objectives:

In this course, you will employ best practices in software development to develop secure software.
You will:
• Identify the need for security in your software projects.
• Eliminate vulnerabilities within software.
• Use a Security by Design approach to design a secure architecture for your software.
• Implement common protections to protect users and data.
• Apply various testing methods to find and correct security defects in your software.
• Maintain deployed software to ensure ongoing security..

Prerequisites:

This course presents secure programming concepts that apply to many different types of software
development projects. Although this course uses Python®, HTML, and JavaScript® to demonstrate
various programming concepts, you do not need to have experience in these languages to benefit from
this course. However, you should have some programming experience, whether it be developing
desktop, mobile, web, or cloud applications. Logical Operations provides a variety of courses covering
software development that you might use to prepare for this course, such as:
• Python® Programming: Introduction
• Python® Programming: Advanced
• HTML5: Content Authoring with New and Advanced Features
• SQL Querying: Fundamentals (Second Edition)

Course Content

Lesson 1: Identifying the Need for Security in Your Software Projects
Topic A: Identify Security Requirements and Expectations
Topic B: Identify Factors That Undermine Software Security
Topic C: Find Vulnerabilities in Your Software
Topic D: Gather Intelligence on Vulnerabilities and Exploits
Lesson 2: Handling Vulnerabilities
Topic A: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Software Defects and Misconfiguration
Topic B: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Human Factors
Topic C: Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Process Shortcomings
Lesson 3: Designing for Security
Topic A: Apply General Principles for Secure Design
Topic B: Design Software to Counter Specific Threats
Lesson 4: Developing Secure Code
Topic A: Follow Best Practices for Secure Coding
Topic B: Prevent Platform Vulnerabilities
Topic C: Prevent Privacy Vulnerabilities
Lesson 5: Implementing Common Protections
Topic A: Limit Access Using Login and User Roles
Topic B: Protect Data in Transit and At Rest
Topic C: Implement Error Handling and Logging
Topic D: Protect Sensitive Data and Functions
Topic E: Protect Database Access
Lesson 6: Testing Software Security
Topic A: Perform Security Testing
Topic B: Analyze Code to find Security Problems
Topic C: Use Automated Testing Tools to Find Security Problems
Lesson 7: Maintaining Security in Deployed Software
Topic A: Monitor and Log Applications to Support Security
Topic B: Maintain Security after Deployment
Appendix A: Mapping Course Content to Cyber Secure Coder (Exam CSC-210)