Stone River Elearning – Secure Software Concepts

In this course series we cover what secure software design means and why software can meet all quality requirements and still be insecure. There are many benefits of designing security early which we cover in this course. We will cover what we need to be concerned with when procuring software.

Specifically, this course in the series we cover the Core Concepts which are the CIA Triad, AAA, Encryption, Core Design Fundamentals which are Principle of Least Privileges, Separation of Duties, Defense in Depth, Whiteboard – Defense in Depth, Fail Safe, Economy of Mechanism, Complete Mediation, Open Design, Least Common Mechanism, Psychological Acceptability, Leverage Existing Components, Single Point of Failure (SPOF) and a Whiteboard – SPOF which a developer should be familiar with.

What will you learn in the course?

• Understand the best practices around software development
• Learn about the Core Concepts of IT Security
• Learn about the Core Design Principles
• Learn about Single Point of Failure (SPOF)
• Understand the common terminology
• Determine the proper layers of Defense in Depth

This course is the 1^st course in an 8-part series “Secure Software Developers Series”

Course 1 – Secure Software Concepts

Course 2 – Secure Software Requirements

Course 3 – Secure Software Design

Course 4 – Defining Security Architectures

Course 5 – Secure Software Testing

Course 6 – Secure Software Acceptance

Course 7 – Software Deployment, Operations and Maintenance

Course 8 – Supply Chain and Software Acquisition

Who should take this course (Target Audience)?

• You are a developer or software engineer and want to understand
• You want to learn IT security fundamentals focused on software development

What are the Couse Pre Requirements?

There are no course pre-requirements

Course Curriculum