Software Security

This course is for Senior/Executive Staff of IT

Aim of Course: At the end of the programme participants should be able to:

- Identify symptoms of security bugs;
- Recognise the range of vulnerabilities;
- Identify the different security bugs
- Apply skills on learned attacks to a broad range of applications through real world and interactive examples
- Use security testing techniques that expose vulnerabilities in software

Course Content:

• Symptoms of insecure bugs in software;
• Tools that assist in Testing Attacks
• Security Bugs and Functional Bugs in Software security Bug
• Translating Threats into potential Malicious Uses;
• Recognising potential security holes before Attacks do;
• Functional bug database and security bugs;
• Security Threats in Application;
• The four classes of security Attacks and how to apply them:
- attacking design
- attacking through the User
- attacking dependencies
- attacking implementation

Method of Studies:

Lectures and hands-on exercises etc

Duration: Two (2) weeks