DevOps and Secure Software Development - 605.609

This course focuses on three key concepts: Agile Software Development, Infrastructure as Code, and Secure Software Delivery. Throughout this course students will learn how to build modern software systems through version control, automated deployment techniques, and improved documentation. This course gathers the latest publications to instruct students on: source code control, virtualization and containerization (Docker) techniques, build automation tools, software composition management/analysis, cloud security, and application security testing (SAST/DAST/IAST/RASP). The course concludes with a team project where students code a functioning DevSecOps pipeline to automate the assessment of software for security.Prerequisite(s): Prior experience in software development in any language is required. Familiarity with software design, cloud development, and architecture techniques is recommended.