Information Security Design and Development

Overview

Over the five courses in this ExpertTrack, you will have the chance to familiarise yourself with the security controls used to prevent, detect, and recover from security violations at different stages of the system’s life cycle. 

You’ll understand how these controls are implemented, and learn how to apply formal analysis techniques to check if systems meet the necessary security standards.

In the first  Information Security Design and Development course at FutureLearn, you will discover the importance of secure system design and how a security-first mindset can improve the software development process. You’ll learn how to examine security in the software development life cycle and discuss the legal and ethical aspects of secure systems.

Key skills you will learn

• Software analysis

• Software testing

• Implementing secure systems

• Secure system development

• Secure design principles

• Detecting system threats

• Preventing system threats

• Software development