As well as traditional lectures learners will undertake various laboratory exercises. Learners will be expected to actively participate in class on the materials covered and work throughout each scheduled lab session to accomplish assigned tasks.
Module Aim:
To provide learners with a theoretical knowledge and practical skills of developing secure software applications, with particular emphases on web technologies.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner should be able to:
LO1
Evaluate and discuss the most prevalent software application security issues.
LO2
Perform security testing to identify and validate the existence of software vulnerabilities.
LO3
Formulate and deploy strategies to fix or mitigate against identified vulnerabilities.
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is recommended before enrolment in this module.
No recommendations listed
Incompatible Modules
These are modules which have learning outcomes that are too similar to the learning outcomes of this module.
No incompatible modules listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Requirements
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is mandatory before enrolment in this module is allowed.
No requirements listed
Module Content & Assessment
Indicative Content
Secure Software Development
Secure software life cycle, secure application design, secure mobile application development, cryptographic Design & implementation.
Data Validation & Access Control
Input validation and sanitisation, output encoding, authentication and password management, session management, access control.
Error Management and Information Disclosure
Error handling and logging, environment configuration, minimising Information Disclosure
Resource Security
Communication security, system configuration, database security, file access management, memory management.
System Penetration Testing & Code Analysis
Vulnerabilities code analysis and mitigations as outlined by leading industry security bodies such as OWASP, ISC2 and SANS.
Assessment Breakdown
%
Continuous Assessment
10.00%
Project
40.00%
End of Module Formal Examination
50.00%
Continuous Assessment
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Examination
Examination on content up to week 7
1,3
10.00
Week 7
Project
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Project
Analyse the security flaws in a web application and perform code analysis and edits to mitigate identified vulnerabilities.
2,3
40.00
Week 10
No Practical
End of Module Formal Examination
Assessment Type
Assessment Description
Outcome addressed
% of total
Assessment Date
Formal Exam
The terminal exam will be a 3 hour written test
1,2,3
50.00
End-of-Semester
SETU Carlow Campus reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment