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CSC: Software Security Essentials

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CSC: Software Security Essentials

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1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • You will identify the need for security in software projects, eliminate software vulnerabilities, and use a security-by-design approach.

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January 2026

Assessments

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Certified Cyber Secure Coder (Exam CSC-210) Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 4 modules in this course

This course will be useful to programmers and cybersecurity practitioners who are looking to improve their skills and knowledge of secure software development. You will begin by identifying security requirements and expectations, factors that undermine software security, and common vulnerabilities in software. Then, you'll eliminate those vulnerabilities, which are due to either software defects, human factors, or process shortcomings. You'll also apply general principles for secure design and design software to counter specific threats.

This is the first course in a multi-course Specialization. All of the courses in this Specialization require that you run free versions of Python, PyCharm, and Node.js on a Windows system. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of this course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.

As a software developer, your job can be complex and demanding. You must satisfy customers, meet business requirements and deadlines, and work cooperatively with other people on the project—all the while handling the complex technical challenges of rapidly evolving development tools, programming languages, frameworks, and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). The complex interactions among all of the components involved in a project can be difficult to manage at times.

What's included

1 reading7 plugins

1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • Course Introduction•5 minutes
7 plugins•Total 295 minutes
  • Getting Started with This Course•45 minutes
  • Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
  • Identify Security Requirements and Expectations•60 minutes
  • Identify Factors That Undermine Software Security•60 minutes
  • Find Vulnerabilities in Your Software•60 minutes
  • Gather Intelligence on Vulnerabilities and Exploits•60 minutes
  • Lesson Summary•5 minutes

Before you focus on specific vulnerabilities and tactics for dealing with them, there are some general strategies that you can employ to prevent vulnerabilities from creeping into your software.

What's included

5 plugins

5 plugins•Total 190 minutes
  • Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
  • Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Software Defects and Misconfiguration•60 minutes
  • Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Human Factors•60 minutes
  • Handle Vulnerabilities Due to Process Shortcomings•60 minutes
  • Lesson Summary•5 minutes

The process you use to design your software should reflect what is important to you, your customers, and other project stakeholders. Following this rationale, if software security is important to you, it should be an important part of your design processes.

What's included

4 plugins

4 plugins•Total 120 minutes
  • Lesson Introduction•5 minutes
  • Apply General Principles for Secure Design•55 minutes
  • Design Software to Counter Specific Threats•55 minutes
  • Lesson Summary•5 minutes

You'll wrap things up and then validate what you've learned in this course by taking an assessment.

What's included

1 reading1 assignment

1 reading•Total 5 minutes
  • Course Summary•5 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
  • Course Assessment•15 minutes

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