Software Security and Design.

Catalog description

This course illustrates good coding design and security principles through hands-on projects. Developing software that is robust and secure, students will employ programming techniques that maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Correspondingly, vulnerabilities, attacks, and mitigation strategies are explored through topics such as password weakness, code injection, buffer overflows, input validation, race conditions, filter evasion, session management, and the use of artificial intelligence tools for secure design and vulnerability analysis. Best security practices are emphasized for software development and deployment. Prerequisite: CSCI 161 with a C or better.