DES 311 – Creating Secure Application Architecture

Course Overview

Architecting secure solutions is paramount to ensure developers do not incorporate insecure components, which could introduce hundreds of individual security vulnerabilities in the as-built system. This course covers a set of key security principles to improve the security of application architecture and design.

Topics include:

• Applying defense to harden applications and make them more difficult for intruders to breach
• Reducing the amount of damage an attacker can accomplish
• Compartmentalizing to reduce the impact of exploits
• Using centralized input and data validation to protect applications from malicious input
• Reducing the risk in error code paths