Software Assurance

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Overview

Software Assurance

Course Description

Software assurance is critical to the operation of modern communications, transportation, manufacturing, and military missions. Without secure software to control increasingly complex and ubiquitous information technology systems, bugs or malicious attacks can degrade almost all critical infrastructure and commerce. This course will not only provide an understanding of properties of secure software but also techniques and strategies for static and dynamic evaluation of software security. Through hands-on labs, you’ll examine how to leverage open-source software analysis toolkits while also learning the best practices to integrate security into a development pipeline.

Course Content

THE IMPORTANCE OF SOFTWARE ASSURANCE

COMMON FAILURES OF SOFTWARE AND HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM

INTEGRATING SOFTWARE ASSURANCE FROM PROCUREMENT ONWARDS

SOFTWARE TRUST AND SOFTWARE RESILIENCE

Requirements & Materials

Important Information

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Prerequisites

Recommended

  • Familiarity with software programming
  • Comfortable with basic UNIX command line interaction
  • Familiarity with Python, C programming languages, and networking concepts
  • Understanding of basic cryptographic concepts and familiarity with Boolean logic

Materials

Required (student must provide)

  • Computer (personal or work device with internet connectivity)
  • Internet connection

Provided (student will receive)

  • Downloadable course materials (slide decks, lab guides, student handouts) available from the GT campus course platform.

Session Details

  • Special Discounts: Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) employees are eligible to receive a discount.  If you are a GTRI employee, please go to the Organizational Development website and look for the coupon code under GT Professional Development. Review coupon instructions for more information.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for developers who want to write more secure and resilient software; quality assurance engineers who want deeper and more effective testing methods; technical project managers who want a deeper understanding of software testing; and acquisition managers who want to understand effective software assurance techniques and how to apply them to contracts.

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What You Will Learn

  • Why software assurance is important
  • Common failures of software and how to identify them
  • How to integrate software assurance from procurement onwards
  • Static and dynamic software analysis techniques
  • Software resilience and common failures of concurrent and networked applications
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How You Will Benefit

  • Be able to develop a plan for integration of software assurance practices.
  • Apply a proactive approach to software analysis, using static and dynamic techniques.
  • Understand common software failures and their implications for mission success.
  • Judge the applicability of various tools and methods for determining software trust and resilience.
  • Be able to evaluate the benefits and drawbacks of concurrent/distributed application design.
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