This course is part of the Secure Software Design Specialization

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Albert Glock

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Secure Software Design SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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The design step in developing software has some unique characteristics.  First of all, it’s the only step where drawing pictures of things is the norm.  Why is that?  What do pictures do that other representations cannot do?  Pictures have varying levels of detail; pictures have context.  Pictures…paint a picture.  Why are these things important?  In this course, too, we begin looking at other disciplines (building architecture is a favorite one) for lessons on design.

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Secure Software Design Specialization

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

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Course 2 of 4 in the

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Approx. 15 hours to complete

English

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Albert Glock

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

2 hours to complete

Who needs abstractions?

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 16 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Focus on the Users

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 17 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

What if there are no users?

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 16 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Advanced database design

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 18 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SOFTWARE DESIGN AS AN ABSTRACTION

by RGApr 27, 2021

It gives you good foundations before starting on software creation

by DBNov 20, 2018

Exceptionally good teaching makes this course excellent.

by JWMay 3, 2018

Fantastic accessible course for those interested in software design

by MLSep 14, 2019

Great course, exceptional teacher. Professor Glock will be missed!

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About the Secure Software Design Specialization

Information security is an extremely important topic in our world today. As individuals, we seek to protect our personal information while the corporations we work for have to protect suppliers, customers, and company assets. Creating secure software requires implementing secure practices as early in the software development lifecycle (SDLC) as possible.

This Specialization focuses on ensuring security as part of software design and is for anyone with some workplace experience in software development who needs the background, perspective, and skills to recognize important security aspects of software design. You’ll consider secure design for multiple SDLC models, software architecture considerations, and design patterns. You’ll understand how to identify and implement secure design when considering databases, UML, unit testing, and ethics. Mindsets and attitudes of successful designers—and hackers—are presented as well as project successes and failures. Always at the core of front-end design will be user experience and you will have the opportunity to ensure clean and effective user interfaces that also serve to provide the best security. Back-end development topics such as database design are also covered.

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What will I get if I subscribe to this Specialization?
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. Your electronic Certificate will be added to your Accomplishments page - from there, you can print your Certificate or add it to your LinkedIn profile. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free.
Is financial aid available?
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