National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Classroom

Provides secure software development approaches for putting software security principles into practice and addressing software-induced security risk by studying software security fundamentals and software security best practices.

Learning Objectives

Student will be able to understand: (a) software security fundamentals; (b) how to develop secure coding; (c) software risk management; (d) penetration testing; and (e) program analysis for improving software security.

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Software Development
  • Systems Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

If you would like to provide feedback for this course, please e-mail the NICCS SO at NICCS@hq.dhs.gov.