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.
PR
Nov 19, 2016
Content is really valuable and actionable with a specific comeback for the student in terms of secure development, security and how to understand the origin of exploits and other cyber attacks
By Ayman M
•Sep 16, 2019
I wanna thank Dr Michael but in fact the course wants some editing. First you should write the prerequisite courses for it also a link for each one would be generous. Second we should have more practical exercise done by the instructors live to explain more.. Thank you
By Alberto H A
•Mar 22, 2017
This course is totally recommended for developers and architects no matter the programming language you use.
In my opinion, the only thing that I missed was a project for the penetration testing week.
Contents are very well teached and the interviews were awesome.
By Andy Y
•May 12, 2017
The course was taught well and contained very interesting and relevant content. However, an increase of projects would be beneficial as I feel just spitting out facts learned from the videos doesn't really make the information stick in a meaningful way.
By Lucian C
•Jun 12, 2016
Some parts of the course were more advanced (Program Analysis), while some briefly touched the topic (Penetration Testing). Web Application Security was almost there, while Low Level Security was just right!
Keep up the good work, recommended +++++
By Scott S
•Jul 2, 2019
Solid course in software security. Really clear explanation of looking under the covers of how buffer overflows work. However, the virtual machines are four years out of date and getting them running for the labs were a major pain.
By James N
•Jun 24, 2017
I really enjoyed the hands-on C exploit labs. That deserves a six week course on its own. The rest of the material provides a good introduction to tooling and general concepts. I feel like it is two different courses, in a way.
By Vijay V
•Feb 2, 2020
Great Course!!! Awesome course material.
It would be of great help if there could be video on setting up the projects for quiz.
As lot of people may from from non linux background and may have not in touch with c language.
By TAMERA Y
•Aug 21, 2017
Great Course. I like that it offered the interviews at the end of each lesson. I didn't know anything about the style of fuzzing or pen testing prior to taking this course. I need to delve into the learning hands
By Juan F
•Aug 13, 2017
Enjoyed the course, would have liked to have in video questions for all videos. I think they stopped after week 4 . I would also have liked to see more projects or more depth to the last project.
By Laurent B
•Feb 19, 2017
The course is great but it would be better to have it over 8 weeks to diffuse the amount of valuable information in Week 5. Also, charts should be numbered for easier references in discussions.
By Harsh S
•Jun 27, 2020
Although it was very interesting and enlightening course and the content of the course was excellent, I would like to point out that the learning technique used was a bit monotonous.
By Luis D B
•Dec 21, 2020
Super focused on C but useful. It's hard to do the first couple of weeks without C experience, the rest of the course is super interesting so totally recommended.
By Sanjay R
•Jan 4, 2021
very nice course, covering the most essential topics related to software security. For the curios students, it should provide a good start to dive deep!
By Bishoy S R S
•May 13, 2017
The course overall is very good, I hope to have a more specialized course in C/C++ languages with more practices, as I work more with embedded systems/C
By Mayank M
•Jun 14, 2016
Could have gone more deeper in some of the topics which were covered at very high level. Overall a good introduction to the subject matter.
By dominique a f
•Nov 13, 2017
Nice course. One remark, it is necessary to review version compatibility of mentioned virtualbox against today OS versions, mainly macOSX.
By Alejandro D L
•Jun 3, 2016
Awesome! It would have been nicer to go deeper into the practical, pen testing part, but I enjoyed this course anyway.
By Girish P
•Oct 4, 2019
Being a B.tech year 3 Student some concepts are a little difficult to understand but overall a pretty good course
By Abhishek G
•Jun 27, 2021
Instructor is very good in teaching, has a clear understanding of the concepts. Enjoyed this course very much.
By Ann N
•Dec 13, 2020
Great content. Unfortunately my C programming is not strong enough to continue, and I am unable to unenroll...
By Lade K
•Oct 25, 2020
Informational but, don't expect to be top-notch after taking this. buffer overflow section well explained.
By Javier c b
•Mar 17, 2020
The course focus to much in an old code language like c. This language is dying. At least should be C++.
By Kai P
•Mar 31, 2019
Seems outdated (as of 2014). Quiz for week 5 is strange and not easy with the provided material.
By Dan R
•May 24, 2017
Excellent course on software security! Loved that we actually got to get into some code!
By Akarsh B
•Jun 6, 2021
This was a really helpful and fullfilling cousre I was able to learn so much from this.