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Course unit, curriculum year 2020–2021
COMP.SEC.300

Secure Programming, 5 cr

Tampere University
Teaching periods
Active in period 3 (1.1.2021–7.3.2021)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2021–31.5.2021)
Course code
COMP.SEC.300
Language of instruction
English
Academic year
2020–2021
Level of study
Advanced studies
Grading scale
General scale, 0-5
Persons responsible
Responsible teacher:
Marko Helenius
Responsible organisation
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %
Common learning outcomes
International outlook and global responsibility
Core content
  • design principles of secure programming
  • secure programming skills
  • avoiding and preventing vulnerabilities
  • secure software development lifecycle
Complementary knowledge
  • security architecture, design, mental models and checklists
  • secure usage of data bases
  • experimentation with buffer overflow, XSS and CSRF
  • immersion to a selected focus area 
  • security testing
Learning outcomes
Prerequisites
Compulsory prerequisites
Further information
Equivalences
Studies that include this course
Completion option 1
Completion of all options is required.

Participation in teaching

13.01.2021 13.05.2021
Active in period 3 (1.1.2021–7.3.2021)
Active in period 4 (8.3.2021–31.5.2021)

Independent study

No scheduled teaching

Exam

No scheduled teaching