CEN 5088 - Advanced Software Security Testing

Course Description: This graduate course focuses on software security fundamentals, secure coding guidelines and principles, and advanced software security concepts. It is designed to give students practical experience with building a software system and securing it. Topics covered: secure software development lifecycle, web application testing, risk assessment, developing security policies for applications, threat analysis and application development vulnerabilities, exploitation testing, and black-box testing. State-of-the-art papers related to software security will be presented and discussed.
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing