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Secure Software Testing & Construction
This course will cover methods of building security in from the beginning of development and testing the resulting software to ensure security vulnerabilities are detected. The course will use a mixture of textbook principles and research papers to cover the concepts. Students will also complete a course project.
Provider Information
Heather Markle
Maryland Applied Graduate Engineering at the University of Maryland
2105 J.M. Patterson
College Park, MD 20742
Course Overview
Hacking of C programs and Unix Binaries or equivalent. Students taking this course should have prior knowledge of programming and basic scripting. In particular, this course assumes that students are familiar with basic programming constructs. We may use C, Java, C#, or Python, depending on the context of the discussion.
4356 Stadium Drive
College Park, MD 20742
Learning Objectives
Apply the security development lifecycle (SDL). Model threats and design mitigation strategies. Outline security requirements for future work using various security requirements’ elicitation methods. Apply OWASP fundamentals when securing Web Applications. Apply the basics of formal verification. Apply the fundamentals of model-based testing.
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):
Competency Areas
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