Secure Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC) Best Practices

Date Format Fees  
08 Dec - 11 Dec, 2020 Classroom ₦250,000 Register
16 Jun - 19 Jun, 2020 Classroom ₦250,000 Register
08 Dec - 11 Dec, 2020 Classroom ₦250,000 Register

Event Details

The Secure Software Development Lifecycles (SDLC) Best Practices workshop educates software professionals of the need to incorporate security practices – authentication, authorization and auditing – into each phase of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from software design and implementation to testing and deployment.

CONTENT

Introduction Software Development Security

  • Understand and integrate security in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Identify and apply security controls in development environments
  • Assess the effectiveness of software security
  • Assess security impact of acquired software
  • Define and apply secure coding guidelines and standards

Secure Software Concepts

  • Core Concepts
  • Security Design Principles

Secure Software Requirements

  • Identify Security Requirements
  • Interpret Data Classification Requirements
  • Identify Privacy Requirements
  • Develop Misuse and Abuse Cases
  • Include Security in Software Requirement Specifications
  • Develop Security Requirement Traceability Matrix

Secure Software Design

  • Perform Threat Modeling
  • Define the Security Architecture
  • Performing Secure Interface Design
  • Performing Architectural Risk Assessment
  • Modeling (Non-Functional) Security Properties and Constraints
  • Model and Classify Data
  • Evaluate and Select Reusable Secure Design
  • Perform Design Security Review
  • Design Secure Assembly Architecture for Component-Based Systems
  • Use Security Enhancing Architecture and Design Tools
  • Use Secure Design Principles and Patterns

Secure Software Implementation/ Programming

  • Follow Secure Coding Practices
  • Analyze Code for Security Vulnerabilities
  • Implement Security Controls
  • Fix Security Vulnerabilities
  • Look for Malicious Code
  • Securely Reuse Third Party Code or Libraries
  • Securely Integrate Components
  • Apply Security during the Build Process
  • Debug Security Errors

Secure Software Testing

  • Develop Security Test Cases
  • Develop Security Testing Strategy and Plan
  • Identify Undocumented Functionality
  • Interpret Security Implications of Test Results
  • Classify and Track Security Errors
  • Secure Test Data
  • Develop or Obtain Security Test Data
  • Perform Verification and Validation Testing (e.g., IV&V)

Secure Lifecycle Management

  • Secure Configuration and Version Control
  • Establish Security Milestones
  • Choose a Secure Software Methodology
  • Identify Security Standards and Frameworks
  • Create Security Documentation
  • Develop Security Metrics
  • Decommission Software
  • Report Security Status
  • Support Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)

Software Deployment, Operations, and Maintenance

  • Perform Implementation Risk Analysis
  • Release Software Securely
  • Securely Store and Manage Security Data
  • Ensure Secure Installation
  • Perform Post-Deployment Security Testing
  • Obtain Security Approval to Operate
  • Perform Security Monitoring (e.g., managing error logs, audits, meeting SLAs, CIA metrics)
  • Support Incident Response
  • Supply Chain and Software Acquisition
  • Analyze Security of Third-Party Software
  • Verify Pedigree and Provenance
  • Provide Security Support to the Acquisition Process

 

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.

 

1ST BATCH: 16th – 19th June, 2020

2ND BATCH: 8th – 11th December, 2020

  • Venue

    Alpha Partners Professional Training Conference Centre. 200, Muritala Mohammed Way (3rd Floor), Yaba Lagos.

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