CSCI 5380 - Software Security and Secure Coding (3 Credit Hours)

Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 0
This course covers methodological framework for identifying common programming errors that result in software vulnerabilities, understanding how these errors are exploited by attackers, and how to implement solutions in a secure fashion. Topics include concurrency and vulnerabilities that result from deadlock, race conditions, invalid memory access sequences, and vulnerabilities associated with file I/O and time of use (TOCTOU).

Prerequisite(s): A minimum grade of “C” in CSCI 1302.