CSC: Software Security Essentials

This course is part of Certified Cyber Secure Coder (Exam CSC-210) Specialization

Instructor: Bill Rosenthal

Access provided by NIMT Educational Institutions

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Identify software compliance demands, platform requirements, and user expectations to establish clear project security baselines.
Discover vulnerabilities and external dependency flaws by analyzing attack phases, research tools, and error-handling bugs.
Create secure architectures using threat modeling frameworks like STRIDE alongside fundamental defense-in-depth principles.
Learn by doing. Perform guided, step-by-step hands-on activities on your own computer.

Skills you'll gain

Tools you'll learn

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Assessments

1 assignment

Taught in English

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This course is part of the Certified Cyber Secure Coder (Exam CSC-210) Specialization

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course will be useful to programmers and cybersecurity practitioners who are looking to improve their skills and knowledge of secure software development. You will begin by identifying security requirements and expectations, factors that undermine software security, and common vulnerabilities in software. Then, you'll eliminate those vulnerabilities, which are due to either software defects, human factors, or process shortcomings. You'll also apply general principles for secure design and design software to counter specific threats.

As a software developer, your job can be complex and demanding. You must satisfy customers, meet business requirements and deadlines, and work cooperatively with other people on the project—all the while handling the complex technical challenges of rapidly evolving development tools, programming languages, frameworks, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The complex interactions among all of the components involved in a project can be difficult to manage at times.

What's included

1 reading7 plugins

1 readingTotal 5 minutes

Course Introduction5 minutes

7 pluginsTotal 295 minutes

Getting Started with This Course45 minutes
Lesson Introduction5 minutes
Identify Security Requirements and Expectations60 minutes
Identify Factors That Undermine Software Security60 minutes
Find Vulnerabilities in Your Software60 minutes
Gather Intelligence on Vulnerabilities and Exploits60 minutes
Lesson Summary5 minutes

Before you focus on specific vulnerabilities and tactics for dealing with them, there are some general strategies that you can employ to prevent vulnerabilities from creeping into your software.

What's included

5 plugins

The process you use to design your software should reflect what is important to you, your customers, and other project stakeholders. Following this rationale, if software security is important to you, it should be an important part of your design processes.