Applications Security

Quarters
Winter Open
Location
Olympia
Class Standing
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

Application Security is the discipline of protecting software application code and data against cyber threats. In this course, we will learn basic web and binary vulnerability analysis and exploit development, and techniques to protect applications to a lesser degree. Offensive topics are emphasized since we must know our adversaries well in order to defend ourselves from them.

Vulnerability classes covered include ones such as OS Command Injection, SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting, and Buffer Overflows. We will cover exploit mitigations such as Stack Canaries and Data Execution Prevention and techniques to bypass them such as Shell coding and Return Oriented Programming. 

This is the second of four courses that comprise the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate. Courses must be taken in sequential order.

Anticipated Credit Equivalencies:

4 - Applications Security

Registration

Introduction to Cybersecurity (4 credits, Fall) fulfills this course's prerequisite programming experience and basic knowledge of html, css, JavaScript, and C. If you have any questions, please email certificates@evergreen.edu.

Academic Details

This offering is connected to the Cybersecurity Foundations Certificate at Evergreen. For more information visit: https://www.evergreen.edu/academics/professional-continuing-education/cybersecurity-foundations

Computer science, IT, cybersecurity, systems engineering, digital forensics

4
25
Sophomore
Junior
Senior

Up to 4 upper division science credits in Applications Security will be awarded to students who successfully complete the course requirements.

Schedule

Winter
2026
Open
Remote (W)

See definition of Hybrid, Remote, and In-Person instruction

Evening
Schedule Details
Olympia