Cyber Secure Coder (CSC)

The stakes for software security are very high, and yet many development teams deal with software security only after the code has been developed and the software is being prepared for delivery. As with any aspect of software quality, to ensure successful implementation, security and privacy issues should be managed throughout the entire software development lifecycle. This course presents an approach for dealing with security and privacy throughout the entire software development lifecycle. You will learn about vulnerabilities that undermine security, and how to identify and remediate them in your own projects. You will learn general strategies for dealing with security defects and misconfiguration, how to design software to deal with the human element in security, and how to incorporate security into all phases of development.

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$2,085.00

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Course Overview

Employ best practices in software development to develop secure software. Identify the need for security in your software projects. Eliminate vulnerabilities within software. Use a Security by Design approach to design a secure architecture for your software. Implement common protections to protect users and data. Apply various testing methods to find and correct security defects in your software. Maintain deployed software to ensure ongoing security.

This course presents secure programming concepts that apply to many different types of software development projects. Although this course uses Python®, HTML, and JavaScript® to demonstrate various programming concepts, you do not need to have experience in these languages to benefit from this course. However, you should have some programming experience, whether it be developing desktop, mobile, web, or cloud applications.

1 – Identify Security Requirements and Expectations

Security throughout the development process
Business, compliance, and user requirements
Identifying factors undermining software security
Recognizing vulnerabilities and attack patterns
Gathering vulnerability intelligence

2 – Handling Vulnerabilities

Addressing software defects and misconfiguration
Managing risks from third-party code
Handling human factors and social engineering
Improving development process security

3 – Designing for Security

Applying secure design principles (OWASP, defense in depth, least privilege)
Threat modeling and risk assessment
Identifying and countering specific threats

4 – Developing Secure Code

Secure coding best practices and checklists
Avoiding common programming errors (buffer overflows, input validation, etc.)
Preventing platform, privacy, and web/mobile vulnerabilities

5 – Implementing Common Protections

Access control, authentication, and session management
Protecting data in transit and at rest (encryption, PKI)
Secure error handling, logging, and output restrictions
Preventing SQL injection and securing database access

6 – Testing Software Security

Security testing phases and strategies
Static and dynamic code analysis
Automated tools for vulnerability detection

7 – Maintaining Security in Deployed Software

Monitoring and logging applications
Ongoing patch management and maintenance
Secure deprovisioning and uninstallation

Class Dates & Times


01/11/2027 - 01/13/2027 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $2,085.00
07/13/2026 - 07/15/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $2,085.00
09/09/2026 - 09/11/2026 Virtual 09:00:00 to 17:00:00 EST Enroll Now $2,085.00

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