About this course: 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.
Who is this class for: This is a graduate class and it will be best appreciated by students who have a solid foundation in basic software engineering, who can code well (although no real coding is required) and who have had at least internships if not full-time jobs in software development. This is not to say that you need to know how to design software before you learn about designing secure software. It is to say that the more experience you already have in software development, the more the examples and ideas put forth in this course will resonate with you.
Created by: University of Colorado System
Taught by: Albert Glock, Instructor
Computer Science
| Basic Info | Course 4 of 4 in the Secure Software Design Specialization |
| Level | Intermediate |
| Commitment | 4 weeks, 3-4 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
Syllabus
WEEK 1
Common Vulnerabilities and Weaknesses
How to use the CVE and CWE on-line databases to assess threats and mitigations
4 videos, 4 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- Video: Open source threat and mitigation information
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 1
- 练习测验: Open source threat and mitigation information
- Video: Medical analogies
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- Video: Secure software design is good software design.
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 2
- 练习测验: Secure software design is good software design
WEEK 2
Specific Design Considerations
Specific things you can do to create a better design.
2 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- Video: Design Principles in detail - II
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 3
- 练习测验: Design Principles in detail
WEEK 3
Building Security in
Security must be built in to a project, not added on.
2 videos, 1 practice quiz
- Video: Active vs Passive security
- 讨论提示: Discussion 4
- 练习测验: Active vs Passive security
WEEK 4
A Dramatic Failure
The consequences of a bad design can haunt you forever.
1 video, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 5
- 练习测验: Therac-25 Case Study
WEEK 5
Bitcoin Foundations
A detailed look at the first two sentences of the abstract of Nakamoto's 2009 paper announcing Bitcoin.
2 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- Video: Bitcoin Lecture 2
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 6
- 练习测验: Bitcoin Foundations
WEEK 6
The Bitcoin Project
Continuing with the abstract of Nakamoto's Bitcoin paper. More details on how it works and how security is integrated into it.
2 videos, 2 readings, 1 practice quiz
- 阅读: Additional Reading
- Video: Bitcoin Lecture 4
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 7
- 练习测验: Bitcoin 2
WEEK 7
Simple software compromises
A look into the specifics of two common exploitation techniques--buffer overflow and SQL injections. Even though they're "old", these exploits are still used today!
3 videos, 3 readings, 2 practice quizzes
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- Video: SQL Injection
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 8
- 练习测验: SQl Injection
- Video: Software Life Cycle and Management considerations
- 阅读: Additional Resource
- 讨论提示: Discussion 9
- 练习测验: Software Life Cycle and Management considerations
WEEK 8
Final Exam
A comprehensive course assessment comprising of 5 quizzes. Each assessment contains a randomized set of questions from different modules of the course.
Graded: Assessment 1
Graded: Assessment 2
Graded: Assessment 3
Graded: Assessment 4
Graded: Assessment 5
FAQs
How It Works
课程作业
每门课程都像是一本互动的教科书，具有预先录制的视频、测验和项目。
来自同学的帮助
与其他成千上万的学生相联系，对想法进行辩论，讨论课程材料，并寻求帮助来掌握概念。
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University of Colorado System
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| Receive a final grade | Available |
| Earn a shareable Course Certificate | Available |
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