Application Security (CPE = 20 hrs)

Description

This course is designed for key personnel responsible for the management and implementation of the Application Security in their organization.  This course examines the security components within operating systems and applications and how to best develop and measure their effectiveness.    It looks at software life cycles, change control, and application security.   In addition, interactive workshops during the course will engage students to directly participate, thus ensuring a higher degree of retention and focus.  It looks at software life cycles, change control, and application security.

Cyber Security/Computer Security measures and controls that ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of informationsystem assets including hardware, software, firmware, and information being processed, stored,and communicated.

Course Objectives

1. Introduction
2. Confidential, Integrity, and Availability
3. Threats, Vulnerabilties, and Risk
4. Gerneral Security Principles
5. Security Considerations in the SDLC
6. Operating System Security
7. Application System Development
8. Application Security
9. Web Security Client-Side Attacks
10. Web Security Server-Side Attacks
11. Database Security
12. Application Security Tools