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

Prerequisite: SDEV 325. A hands-on study of best practices for designing and building secure mobile applications. The aim is to formulate proper defenses and processes to mitigate common attacks. Focus is on mobile device infrastructure, security models, and mobile applications. Topics include code analysis, risk modeling, native and web mobile applications security, secure mobile communication, and back-end application attacks and counterattacks.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you should be able to:

  • Analyze current and developing trends in mobile security
  • Compare and contrast the security risks and benefits of competing mobile architectures
  • Apply security risk modeling techniques to mobile apps
  • Analyze, design, develop, test, and document secure mobile apps

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

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.