Programming Security Fundamentals

Learn secure programming principles and how to recognize and correct common security weaknesses.

Class Code INTRO-PROG-02-10

Difficulty Intermediate

Status Published

CLASS 10 INTRO-PROG-02-10

Overview

What You'll Learn

01 Overview

What You'll Learn

Students learn secure programming principles, input validation, sanitization, authentication, authorization, password security, secrets, API keys, environment variables, sensitive information, injection concepts, dependency risks, least privilege, and secure defaults.

02 Audience

Who This Class Is For

Students learning to develop software that is secure as well as functional.

03 Purpose

Why This Class Matters

Security should be considered throughout software development rather than added only after a program is complete.

04 Preparation

Prerequisites

Building Applications

Program

Introduction to Programming

Introduction to Programming teaches students how to think computationally, solve problems with code, understand core programming concepts, and build functional software applications. Students progress from basic programming concepts through logic, data structures, object-oriented programming, debugging, security, and an independent programming project.

View Program Classes