CY 6120 — Software Security Practices
4 semester hoursGraduateLecturetypical days: WBostonTraditional
Explores the fundamentals of software security issues from a practical perspective. Takes a deeper dive into the low-level mechanisms used in a variety of most prevalent software security issues and discusses some of the industry best practices needed to address the issues. Offers students an opportunity to learn both an attacker’s and defender’s perspectives when it comes to software security issue exploitation, detection, and mitigation. Incorporates a number of practical C and assembly coding and lab assignments. Includes an overview of some of the state-of-the-art software security issue exploitation and mitigation techniques used in the field.
Prerequisites
- CY 5010 (min C-)
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2024 | 1 | 6 | 49 | 12% | 43.0 |
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Meeting times
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Common patterns: W (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Diptendu Kar (100% of students) · reviews
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