Software Security (Coursera)

Overview

Free Software Security course by Coursera we will explore the foundations of software security. We will consider important software vulnerabilities and attacks that exploit them, such as buffer overflows, SQL injection, and session hijacking and we will consider defenses that prevent or mitigate these attacks, including advanced testing and program analysis techniques.

Importantly, we take a “build security in” mentality, considering techniques at each phase of the development cycle that can be used to strengthen the security of software systems.

Successful learners in this course typically have completed sophomore/junior-level undergraduate work in a technical field, have some familiarity with programming, ideally in C/C++ and one other “managed” program language (like ML or Java), and have prior exposure to algorithms. Students not familiar with these languages but with others can improve their skills through online web tutorials.

Syllabus

OVERVIEW

Overview and expectations of the course

LOW-LEVEL SECURITY

Low-level security: Attacks and exploits

DEFENDING AGAINST LOW-LEVEL EXPLOITS

Defending against low-level exploits

WEB SECURITY

Web security: Attacks and defenses

SECURE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Designing and Building Secure Software

PROGRAM ANALYSIS

Static Program Analysis

PEN TESTING

Penetration and Fuzz Testing

Teacher

• Michael