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PRT574 - Security Assessment in Software Development

2026

Sector

Higher Education

Discipline

Information Technology

Credit Points

Unit Level

500

Equivalent Units

Prerequisites

Incompatible

Coerequisites

Assumed Knowledge

HIT137 Software Now

Unit Description

This unit covers in depth the principles of developing software in a secure manner with a focus on: software development requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment. Students will have an opportunity to explore the issues related to secure software development from a management perspective. Software security touch points will also be explored and students will be equipped with the skills to perform architectural security risk analyses for enterprise level applications. Software security metrics and how they meet the security operations will also be addressed. This unit covers the software development security domains of the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification.

The unit is reliant on on-line materials. Students must have access to a reliable high-speed broadband connection.

Unit Learning Outcomes

1.	Analyse the seven touch points for software security in a software development process.
2.	Detect the security weakness in existing software development life cycle models.
3.	Detect bugs in the source code with the aid of appropriate tools.
4.	Compose an architectural Risk and Privacy analysis and propose mitigation techniques.
5.	Create reports based on software penetration testing and Risk and Privacy based security testing.
6.	Communicate technical information to non-technical users especially at management level.

Assessment Overview

	Assessment Task	Value (of total mark)	Related Learning Outcome/s
1.	Research report (500 to 750 words)	10%	1,2,6
2.	5 X Lab reports - 1 A4 page(approx. 100 words).	10%	2,3
3.	Web application security assessment report (750 to 1250 words/student)	35%	3,5,6
4.	Presentation based on the Web application security assessment report (5 to 10 minutes/student)	15%	1,2,3,4,5
5.	Timed Assessment (2 hours)	30%	2,3,4

Unit Availability

Year	Semester	Att Mode	Location	Learning Method	Timetable*
2026	Semester 1	Internal	CDU Sydney	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	Internal	Danala - Education and Community Precinct	OLR	View
2026	Semester 1	External	External Studies	OLR	View

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OLR: Internet access is required for this unit as students are required to access study materials provided on-line through Learnline. Please log into Learnline on the first day of each teaching period. For more information about Learnline, please click here.

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