CS 315 - Software Security

The security of a software system should be part of every phase of the software development cycle: design, development, testing, deployment, provisioning, and execution. This course provides students with a broad familiarity with security concepts pertaining to software development. Students gain hands-on skills applying these concepts in actual software development. Students learn how to use existing software security APIs when writing software. A number of databases security issues are also discussed. In addition, students learn about threats that malicious software or hackers can inject into vulnerable software, and become familiar with testing tools used by software developers to close vulnerabilities. The course also provides an overview of cryptography and network security.
Lecture
3 Credits
Prerequisite: CS 301
Offered in the Fall Semester