This course is designed to provide professionals with comprehensive knowledge and skills in secure software development practices. It covers various domains and topics relevant to ensuring the security of software systems throughout their lifecycle including the following
1. Secure Software Concepts: This domain introduces the foundational concepts of secure software development, including the importance of integrating security into the software development process and understanding the security risks and challenges associated with software systems.
2. Secure Software Requirements: This domain focuses on identifying, prioritizing, and incorporating security requirements into the software development lifecycle. It covers topics such as security risk assessment, threat modeling, and security control selection.
3. Secure Software Design: This domain explores secure software design principles and methodologies. It covers topics such as secure design patterns, architectural models, secure coding techniques, and security architecture reviews.
4. Secure Software Implementation/Coding: This domain delves into secure coding practices and techniques. It covers common coding vulnerabilities, secure coding guidelines, input validation, output encoding, and secure error handling.
5. Secure Software Testing: This domain covers the importance of security testing throughout the software development lifecycle. It includes topics such as security testing methodologies, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, and security test results analysis.
6. Software Lifecycle Management: This domain addresses the management and governance aspects of secure software development. It covers topics such as security policies, standards, procedures, security awareness, and training.
7. Secure Software Deployment, Operations, and Maintenance: This domain focuses on the secure deployment, operation, and maintenance of software systems. It covers topics such as secure configuration management, change management, vulnerability management, and incident response.
8. Supply Chain and Software Acquisition: This domain addresses the security considerations related to software supply chain management and software acquisition. It covers topics such as supplier risk assessment, software reuse, third-party software assessment, and software vulnerability disclosure.