University of California, Davis
Secure Coding Practices Specialization
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University of California, Davis

Secure Coding Practices Specialization

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Intermediate level
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2 months at 10 hours a week
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(387 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
Flexible schedule
2 months at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Practice improving the security and robustness of your programs.

  • Create threat models and apply basic cryptography.

  • Evaluate and remediate fragile C++ library code.

  • Exploit common types of injection problems and fix the root causes.

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Taught in English
24 practice exercises

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Secure Coding
Category: Programming Principles
Category: Computer Programming
Category: Debugging
Category: Software Engineering
Category: Software Development Methodologies
Category: Computational Logic
Category: Software Design
Category: Application Security

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Application Security
Category: Encryption
Category: Authentications
Category: Cryptography
Category: Secure Coding
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Web Applications
Category: Data Security
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Data Validation

What you'll learn

  • Apply “what to watch out for” and “where to look” to evaluate fragility of C++ library code.

  • Given a fragile C++ library, code a robust version.

  • Identify problems w/ privilege, trusted environments, input validation, files & sub-processes, resource mngmt, asynchronicity, & randomness in C/C++.

  • Remediate examples of problems that apply to C/C++ interactions with the programming environment.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Secure Coding
Category: Unix
Category: Data Validation
Category: OS Process Management
Category: Cryptography
Category: Linux
Category: Encryption
Category: File Management
Category: User Accounts
Category: Shell Script
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Application Security
Category: C (Programming Language)
Category: Verification And Validation

What you'll learn

  • Practice protecting against various kinds of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

  • Form plans to mitigate injection vulnerabilities in your web application.

  • Create strategies and controls to provide secure authentication.

  • Examine code to find and patch vulnerable components.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Secure Coding
Category: JSON
Category: Authentications
Category: Application Security
Category: Dependency Analysis
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Security Testing
Category: Security Strategy
Category: Security Controls
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Java Programming
Category: Java
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Code Review
Category: Patch Management

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Instructors

Joubin Jabbari
University of California, Davis
1 Course8,376 learners
Sandra Escandor-O'Keefe
University of California, Davis
1 Course14,737 learners
Matthew Bishop, PhD
University of California, Davis
2 Courses27,451 learners

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