Secure Coding and SSDLC for Developers

This program equips software developers, DevOps engineers, security engineers, and IT professionals with the foundational knowledge and practical skills required to design, build, and maintain secure software systems in modern development environments. You will begin by exploring the principles of secure coding and the real-world impact of insecure software, examining how vulnerabilities arise and how attackers exploit weaknesses in application logic, input handling, and authentication flows. Through practical examples, you will learn to differentiate between secure and insecure coding patterns and understand how early design decisions influence application security outcomes. Building on this foundation, the course introduces secure development environments and essential security analysis techniques using Linux. You will work with command-line tools to navigate file systems, analyze logs, and identify security-relevant artifacts. Using Kali Linux and regular expressions, you will perform structured analysis of logs and code to detect anomalies and potential threats. You will also explore frameworks such as MITRE ATT&CK to map application-level attacks and understand how vulnerabilities are exploited in real-world scenarios, enabling a deeper understanding of attacker behavior within software systems. Next, the curriculum focuses on implementing core secure coding controls within applications. You will learn how to validate inputs to prevent injection attacks, implement secure authentication and authorization mechanisms, manage sessions effectively, and protect identity flows. Through hands-on exercises, you will apply secure coding techniques to harden application components, reduce attack surfaces, and enforce robust access controls that align with modern security best practices. The course then advances into the Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC), where you will integrate security across all phases of development—from requirements and design to testi