Cyber Secure Software Developer (CSSD) (Exam CSD-110)

The stakes for software security are high, and yet many development teams overlook it until it's too late—if they address it at all. To ensure successful implementation, it is crucial for developers to manage security and privacy issues throughout the entire software development lifecycle, rather than addressing them only after coding or during delivery preparation. This course presents an approach for dealing with security throughout all phases of the software development lifecycle. You will identify the fundamentals of security, including the vulnerabilities and attacks that compromise it. You will also employ general strategies for addressing security risks to your software projects, as well as specific tactics for identifying and remediating those risks. Ultimately, you will acquire the skills it takes to secure all facets of a software project, beyond just the code itself. This course is designed for any business professional involved in the software development process who desires or is required to develop highly secure software for organizational use. Candidates may be programmers, testers, architects, or any other personnel whose daily job duties involve directly building software; or, they may be project leaders, software engineers, and DevOps personnel who perform additional technical and non-technical duties as part of the overall software development lifecycle. This course is also designed to assist candidates in preparing for the CertNexus Cyber Secure Software Developer™ (CSSD) Exam CSD-110 certification. In this course, you will: identify fundamental security concerns in software development, leverage the secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC), define secure software requirements, design software for security, implement security protections in software, test software security, maintain security in deployed software, and prepare to defend against cyber attacks. This course requires that you use the provided virtual machine, which includes various security tools and application environments. The course setup instructions provided in the first module of the course go into more detail about the hardware and software requirements.