Cybersecurity Software Development

Software Engineering and Secure Coding

GROUP TRAINING

Overview

This course is an introduction to the basic concepts of software engineering including the software lifecycle. Emphasis is placed on the requirements – design – implementation phases of the lifecycle. Students will use various software development tools and exposed to software development methodologies including waterfall and agile. Best practices in software design and implementation with a view toward recognizing and avoiding weakness and vulnerabilities in software is a key part of this course.

Who Should Take This Course

Prerequisites

Students should have significant training or experience in a high level language such as C / C++ or Java.

Course Outline

Software Engineering and Secure Coding

The Software Engineering Process
Requirements Specification
Design and Implementation
Validation
Waterfall Model
Agile Software Development
Extreme Programming
Software Design and Implementation
Source code control
Libraries and Code reuse
Software Testing
Tools for automated testing
Secure Programming & Information Security Concepts
Risks & Threats
Information Assurance Pillars
Risk Management
Security Controls & Vulnerability Mitigation
Designing Secure Architecture
Security Vulnerabilities
Access Control
Cryptography
Programming Best Practices
Safe Library Functions