This specialization provides a structured pathway through the principles, practices, and technologies required to build secure software systems. Beginning with foundational secure coding concepts, learners examine major vulnerability categories, how security flaws emerge in applications, and the core practices used to prevent them.
The second course expands into technology-specific secure coding practices across widely used programming languages and frameworks. Learners explore security considerations in Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, SQL, C#, PHP, and related ecosystems while examining framework security for Angular, Express, React, .Net, and Spring. Additional coverage includes APIs, mobile systems, web sockets, serverless environments, IoT, and service mesh architectures, reinforcing practical approaches for mitigating vulnerabilities in real-world applications.
The final course focuses on integrating security throughout the Secure System Development Life Cycle. Learners examine secure requirements gathering, architecture and design considerations, coding standards, testing processes, release and deployment practices, and long-term maintenance strategies. Across all three courses, the specialization emphasizes security fundamentals that apply across languages and frameworks while strengthening the ability to identify, prevent, and manage software vulnerabilities.
This specialization is based on the book, Alice and Bob Learn Secure Coding, by Tanya Janca.
Applied Learning Project
Throughout all three courses this specialization offers analogies, stories of the characters Alice and Bob, real-life examples, technical explanations and diagrams to break down intricate security concepts into digestible insights that you can apply right away.
