From the course: Programming Foundations: Secure Coding

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- Throughout this course we have looked at several different yet important aspects of secure coding and culture, so let's review. We spent some time talking about what secure coding is all about and why it is important. We talked about our goals. We talked about the attacker persona. We talked about how to focus on breaking and not just building. And we talked a lot about risks and documentation. This foundation led us into a discussion of vulnerabilities. We spent a significant portion of this course going through a lot of the most common defects that routinely appear as security issues. We talked about what they were, how they manifest themselves, and some basic strategies to mitigate them. Each of these classes was unique but shared enough similarities to develop patterns of mitigation. We then talked a little bit about building a culture of security within various areas of the SDLC. While this course wasn't…

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