SECURE SOFTWARE DESIGN

Course Information

Lecturer: Mario Alviano

Assistant: Lorenzo Grillo

Office hours: consult my homepage

Microsoft Teams: for code and link search on this page

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Notice Board

23/09/2026 09:00: Schedule is online. No lecture on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Dates and Deadlines

Lectures

Tuesday and Thursday in room MT11

1. Introduction + Why design matters for security ⌛⌛

2. Deep modeling + Core concepts of Domain-Driven Design ⌛⌛⌛

3. Code constructs promoting security ⌛⌛

4. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

5. Domain primitives ⌛⌛

6. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

7. Ensuring integrity of state + Reducing complexity of state ⌛⌛

8. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

9. Handling failures securely + Introduction to Test-Driven Development ⌛⌛

10. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

11. Exercises ⌛⌛

12. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

13. Python: Type Hints and Validation ⌛⌛

14. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

15. Advanced tests for Python ⌛⌛

16. Exercises ⌛⌛⌛

17. Django REST Framework - Part 1 ⌛⌛

18. Django REST Framework - Part 2 ⌛⌛⌛

19. Student Project ⌛⌛

20. Student Project ⌛⌛⌛

21. Student Project ⌛⌛

22. Student Project ⌛⌛⌛

23. Student Project Showcase ⌛⌛⌛

24. Exam Simulation ⌛⌛

Teaching Material

Books

• Secure by Design - Dan Bergh Johnsson, Daniel Deogun, Daniel Sawano - Manning

• Architecture Patterns with Python - Harry Percival, Bob Gregory – O’Reilly

• Crafting Test-Driven Software with Python - Alessandro Molina – Packt

Links

• https://www.django-rest-framework.org/

• https://docs.pytest.org/en/7.1.x/

• https://www.selenium.dev/

• Basics

  • https://www.w3schools.com/python/

  • https://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp

  • https://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

Exams

Dates will be added to the calendar when available