Learner Reviews & Feedback for Software Security by University of Maryland, College Park
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GB
May 26, 2019
Was prepared and presented in a very special and superb way. I am glad I took and completed it. Thanks to my tutor Michael Hicks and special appreciation to coursera for making this possible for me.
VJ
Jul 9, 2016
Really useful course. I would highly recommend it to any person interested in beginning with Software security. Some SW basic skills are needed to follow the course and take profit of the lessons.
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By EVERTON P B
•Jun 22, 2021
Great!
By Ashmit B
•Apr 22, 2021
v good
By Vladimir A
•Dec 10, 2016
Great!
By A L
•Apr 11, 2021
Beast
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•Mar 15, 2021
great
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•Feb 20, 2020
Great
By khalifa R
•Jan 5, 2018
great
By 李孔强
•Jun 3, 2017
非常好！！
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•Nov 6, 2022
Good
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•Sep 24, 2022
good
By Md F
•Jan 6, 2022
Best
By Saloni B
•Jan 5, 2022
nice
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•Sep 14, 2021
good
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•Sep 1, 2021
Nice
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•Jul 24, 2021
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•Jul 16, 2021
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•Jul 3, 2021
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•Apr 11, 2021
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•Feb 25, 2019
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•Sep 27, 2016
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By Jimmy C C
•May 6, 2020
Fantastic introduction to software security. My favourite part was the buffer overflow exploit project. I got a euphoria upon successfully hacking the program. Moreover, in the process of doing the project, I learned a lot about memory and low level programming. As a recent CS graduate, I learned a lot from this course; specifically, how unsafe C/C++ programs are (Week 1), the role of programming language theory in security (Week 5), the importance of input validation and sanitization, and overall security development mindfulness. In order to get the most out of this course, the learner should at least be familiar with assembly and computer architecture, C programming, web development. There is a minor mistake in a week 5 lecture that has gone unaddressed for a while, but the rest of the contents are amazing.
By Ramadas S M
•Jul 17, 2016
This course on software security was very informative . This is the best place to start off for a beginner as it not only covers the technical aspects of security ,but also talks about modelling threats and identifying adversaries and their capabilities.I however was slightly disappointed with the testing methods of this course.I feel that most of the testing should have been on the basis of projects and a project should have been included every week .But, all in all taking the course was a very pleasant experience and I thoroughly enjoyed all the projects that were given.
Looking forward to taking the next course in the specialization!!
By Courtney H
•Jun 14, 2016
This is a tough course. Tough because I had no experience in C or C++. My background is dot-net and visual basic. It's been study C++ 5 hours a day and take the course 2 hours a day. I made it. The professor is spot on when he says a C++ background is needed. But I made it.
If you have the required background you'll find it's a good basis for understanding the multiple vulnerabilities in this code, what they are and how they work. (You better understand stacks and heaps and pointers real well)
Worth the time and the effort. Cheers to University if Maryland for making it available and to Professor Hicks for his hard work.
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