Secure Code
| Code | Completion | Credits | Range | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BI-BEK | Z,ZK | 5 | 2P+2C | Czech |
- Course guarantor:
- Lecturer:
- Tutor:
- Supervisor:
- Department of Information Security
- Synopsis:
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The students will learn how to assess security risks and how to take them into account in the design phase of their own code and solutions. After getting familiar with the threat modeling theory, students gain practical experience with running programs with reduced privileges and methods of specifying these privileges, since not every program needs to run with administrator privileges. Dangers inherent in buffer overflows will be practically demonstrated. Students will be introduced to the principles of securing data and the relationships of security and database systems, web, remote procedure calls, and sockets in general. The module concludes with Denial of Service attacks and the defense against them.
- Requirements:
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Programming in C, knowledge of basic application interfaces and computer systems architectures, basic knowledge of SQL, basic knowledge of Javascript. It is recommended to also take the Security (BIE-BEZ) course.
- Syllabus of lectures:
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1. Introduction to debuggers
2. Code generation, structure of an executable file
3. Buffer overflow
4. Writing secure code in C
5. Security layers, access levels
6. Running with the least privileges
7. Data security and integrity
8. Data input, canonical representation and security
9. Security of databases
10. Security of web applications
11. Security of sockets
12. Denial-of-service attacks
- Syllabus of tutorials:
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1. Introduction to debuggers
2. Code generation, analysis of an existing application
3. Buffer overflow
4. Buffer overflow II
5. Writing secure code in C
6. Data security and integrity
7. Running with the least privileges
8. SQL injection
9. Secure programming of databases
10. Security of web applications
11. Buffer overflow on the heap
12. Malware
- Study Objective:
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After he/she had completed the course, the student will understand security in the context of software development and will be able to apply this knowledge both when creating their own software and when analysis a third-party one.
- Study materials:
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[1] Howard, M. - LeBlanc, D.: Writing Secure Code, 2nd Edition, Microsoft Press, 2003, 9780735617223.
[2] Howard, M. - LeBlanc, D.: Writing Secure Code for Windows Vista, Microsoft Press, 2007, 9780735623934.
[3] Seacord, R. C.: Secure Coding in C and C++, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley Professional, 2013, 9780321822130.
- Note:
- Further information:
- https://courses.fit.cvut.cz/BI-BEK/
- No time-table has been prepared for this course
- The course is a part of the following study plans:
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- Bachelor program Informatics, unspecified branch, in Czech, 2015-2020 (VO)
- Bachelor branch Security and Information Technology, in Czech, 2015-2020 (compulsory course of the specialization)
- Bachelor branch Computer Science, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Computer Engineering, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Information Systems and Management, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Software Engineering, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Web Engineering, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Web and Software Engineering, spec. Computer Graphics, in Czech, 2015-2020 (elective course)
- Bachelor branch Knowledge Engineering, in Czech, 2018-2020 (elective course)