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Secure Coding Practices

Sandra Escandor-O'Keefe, Matthew Bishop, PhD, and Joubin Jabbari

This Specialization is intended for software developers of any level who are not yet fluent with secure coding and programming techniques.Through four courses, you will cover the principles of secure coding, concepts of threat modeling and cryptography and exploit vulnerabilities in both C/C++ and Java languages, which will prepare you to think like a hacker and protect your organizations information. The courses provide ample practice activities including exploiting WebGoat, an OWASP project designed to teach penetration testing.

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Four courses

Principles of Secure Coding

This course introduces you to the principles of secure programming. It begins by discussing the philosophy and principles of secure programming, and then presenting robust programming and the relationship between it and secure programming. We'll go through a detailed example of writing robust code and we'll see many common programming problems and show their connection to writing robust, secure programs in general.

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Identifying Security Vulnerabilities

This course will help you build a foundation in secure programming. We will learn about threat modeling, cryptography, and injection problems in web applications. We'll also cover authentication, session management, and sensitive data exposure. Along the way, we'll discuss ways to mitigate these issues and exploit vulnerabilities in a web application.

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Identifying Security Vulnerabilities in C/C++Programming

This course builds upon skills and coding practices learned in Principles of Secure Coding and Identifying Security Vulnerabilities. It uses the focusing technique to evaluate and remediate fragile C++ library code. Techniques will make programs perform accurately and resist attempts to perform inaccurately. Common errors will be shown, and students will learn how to program more robustly.

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Exploiting and Securing Vulnerabilities in Java Applications

In this course, we will explore both the attacker and defender perspectives in Java application security. We will exploit injection and cross-site scripting issues, break authentication, and even execute code on remote servers. We will also learn to fix these vulnerabilities and discuss mitigation strategies. By exploiting WebGoat, an OWASP project, we will gain hands-on experience in penetration testing and application security.

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Learning objectives

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.

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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Time

44 hours

Level

Intermediate

Via

Coursera

Institution

University of California, Davis

Instructors

Sandra Escandor-O'Keefe

Matthew Bishop, PhD

Joubin Jabbari

Level

Intermediate

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