National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
Course Description

Prerequisite: CMIS 242, CMIS 215, or CMIS 225. A hands-on study of best practices and strategies for building secure Python desktop and web applications. The objective is to design and build Python applications that are resistant to common security threats. Topics include syntax, data structures, style guides, data munging, web application frameworks, and the use of secure coding tools and processes to guard against application vulnerabilities.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Use an understanding of key security properties to analyze and compare current and prevalent risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks to web applications
  • Write simple HTML, Python web applications
  • Use open-source tools and other approaches to detect, analyze, and mitigate web application threats and vulnerabilities, and document the process and findings

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
  • Test and Evaluation
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management

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.

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