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Software Development Security

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About This Course

This course covers software development security while focusing on the systems development life cycle, operating systems, and their environments. Additional topics include the role of various databases in security and how to recognize and guard against attacks on software. Students will have the opportunity to apply application security controls. This course requires a basic understanding of IT concepts.

Features

Mobile-friendly
Audio-enabled
Badge and credit-awarding
Real-world case studies
Fully accessible
Games & Flashcards
Expert-supported
Video content

Topics

Data breach
Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
Cyber attacks
SSCP
Software development and security
Software development life cycle
Operating systems (OS)
Change management
Application systems
Operating environments
Structured Query Language (SQL)
Programming languages
Knowledge-based system
Applets
Databases
Cloud computing
Web application
Software development models
Software-based attacks
Malware countermeasures

Outcomes

Discuss the role of security in software development
Explain the systems development life cycle and compare its eight stages
Understand what the operating system is and how it works
Describe different application and operating environments
Discuss the role of databases in information security and identify different database types
Apply several application security controls
Recognize several software-based attacks and describe methods to guard against them

Certifications

CAPM®/PMP®/PgMP® — 5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 2.5 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)
PfMP® — 2.5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 0 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)
PMI-ACP® — 5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 2.5 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)
PMI-PBA® — 2.5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 0 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)
PMI-RMP® — 5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 2.5 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)
PMI-SP® — 2.5 credits
- Technical PDUs — 0 credit(s)
- Leadership PDUs — 1 credit(s)
- Strategic/Business PDUs — 1.5 credit(s)

Skills You'll Gain

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Abilities

Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Flexibility of Closure: The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

Knowledge

Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Engineering and Technology: Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Operations Analysis: Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Programming: Writing computer programs for various purposes.