Undergraduate - UnitFIT3056 - Secure and trusted software systems

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Information Technology
Offered	Not offered in 2015

Synopsis

Students are introduced to some of the most common security issues involved in the development of software, including secure coding practices, secure database access, secure data communications, security of web applications, use of encryption techniques and security testing. Students are provided with a range of practical exercises to reinforce their skills, including authenticating and authorising users programmatically, user input validation, developing secure web, mobile/wireless and database applications, encrypting and hashing data programmatically, generating digital signatures programmatically, security testing, designing logging and auditing mechanisms.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:

explain the fundamentals of secure software and trusted systems;
use practical skills to develop secure software and construct trusted systems;
write correct secure software test plans and carry out secure software testing thoroughly.

Assessment

Examination (3 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

Workload requirements

Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:

(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:

Two hours of lectures
One 2-hour laboratory

(b.) Additional requirements (all students):

A minimum of 2 hours of personal study per one hour of contact time in order to satisfy the reading and assignment expectations.

Chief examiner(s)

Dr Phu Le

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Applications development
Information and communication technologies

Prerequisites

One of FIT1040 or FIT1002 and one of FIT1019 or FIT2078

Additional information on this unit is available from the faculty at:

http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/units/fit3056/