Course description
In this course, you will identify requirements and cyber security standards that apply to your software development projects, and the consequences of not meeting them; identify people, process, and product factors that undermine software security; identify ways that software security may be broken to gain insights into software vulnerabilities; use information sources to find vulnerabilities and exploits affecting your software projects.

Syllabus
Links and Resources File
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Lab Setup Guide
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Lab Troubleshooting Guide
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Lab Files
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Introduction
Video — 00:00:54
Identify Security Requirements and Expectations
Video — 00:14:38
Activity – Identifying Security Requirements and Expectations
Video — 00:06:16
Identify Factors that Undermine Software Security
Video — 00:12:04
Identify Factors that Undermine Software Security, Part 2
Video — 00:04:54
Find Vulnerabilities in Your Software
Video — 00:14:58
Activity – Identifying Vulnerabilities in an Application
Video — 00:11:09
Building and Breaking Passwords
Video — 00:09:23
Activity – Adding a Security Feature to Your Code
Video — 00:06:59
Activity – Protect Against a Poison Null Byte
Video — 00:07:48
Activity – Hashing a Password
Video — 00:04:33
Activity – Securing the Password Hash
Video — 00:05:24
Activity – Saving Hashes for Future Use
Video — 00:06:13
Activity – Validating a Password
Video — 00:04:20
Activity – Having Fun With a Modern Hashing Algorithm
Video — 00:05:39
Gather Intelligence on Vulnerabilities and Exploits
Video — 00:04:15
Secure Coding – C/C++
Lab — 00:30:00
This lab covers multiple secure coding errors commonly found in C and C++, including buffer overruns, strcpy(), gets(), and the system() function.
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