Software and Application Security

Catalog description

The course teaches you secure programming techniques by focusing on foundational defensive techniques, cutting-edge protection, and security features you can use in your development process. The critical skills needed to succeed as a developer will include Identify security defects in your code, Fix security bugs using secure coding techniques, incorporate security into your development process, the use of open source tools to test your applications. The course will also focus on design flaws in existing software packages. This is a 3-credit course, requiring a minimum of 18 hours of course engagement each week in an 8-week term, or 9 hours per week in a 15-week term (refer to the Credit Hours Calculation Policy in the Student Handbook). Course engagement includes such activities as discussions, reading, study time, and assignments. View Sample Syllabus