This course is part of the Secure Software Design Specialization

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Secure Software Design SpecializationUniversity of Colorado System

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Since many software developers are compulsive coders, they have created software over the years to help them do their job.  There are tools which make design and its associated tasks easier.  The course introduces some basic tools and techniques to help you with design.  Tools aren’t always tangible, however.  The last two lessons of this course discuss questions of Ethics in software development. The purpose here is, as with tools, to equip you to better carry our your responsibilities as a designer. Students will be required to have a prior knowledge of writing and delivering software and some programming knowledge in java.

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Secure Software Design Specialization

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Approx. 14 hours to complete

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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

General Design Notions

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 9 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week2

Week 2

2 hours to complete

Dynamic and Algebraic Designs

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 11 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week3

Week 3

2 hours to complete

UML Tools

2 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 21 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

Week4

Week 4

2 hours to complete

Unit Testing

2 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 14 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

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TOP REVIEWS FROM SOFTWARE DESIGN METHODS AND TOOLS

by EPSep 26, 2021

Great oversight on the design and implementation of good software

by AKJun 21, 2019

Highly informative subject and well taught by the instructor

by AGApr 18, 2020

Learning about Software Design is always a great add on in IT where a day to day activites will start with Design of Project/code

by WLDec 10, 2018

Great for people new to mid experience in designing, needing that expanded insight.

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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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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.
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