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Certificate of Achievement

Amit Kumar Jha

has completed the following course:

Secure Android App Development

University of Southampton

This online course explored the development of secure apps for Android. The course covered topics including common application flaws and the cyber risk these expose; the security architecture of the Android platform and the security controls available to developers; and static analysis of code.

4 weeks, 4 hours per week

Dr Gary Wills

Associate Professor, Electronics and Computer Science

University of Southampton

88%
overall score

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Explain the importance of security in mobile applications
  • Identify cyber security threats in mobile applications
  • Assess the cyber security risk within an Android mobile application
  • Apply relevant security controls to the Android mobile application
  • Interpret the output of a static analysis tool
  • Justify appropriate trade-offs in implementing controls

Syllabus

  • Why is security in mobile applications important?
  • Understanding risk and threats in mobile applications
  • Introducing and using static analysis tools
  • Introduction to security controls for mobile applications
  • Security control: Android permissions and how to use them
  • Security control: encryption and how to secure stored data
  • Security control: authentication and how to secure network connections
  • Verifying the implementation of security controls using HPE Fortify SCA

Issued on 11th February 2017

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Free online course:

Secure Android App Development

University of Southampton