D3853 CUsActive
Software Security and Testing
School of Technology
About This Course
WGU Catalog 2026-03This course prepares you to recognize security vulnerabilities in software, to plan interventions to address security vulnerabilities where they exist, and to develop and test these interventions. The course covers topics in Web security, permissions, and identity security; debugging; log file analysis; API security; and encryption and cryptography concepts.
Official catalog text — WGU-authored.
First in catalog2023-01StatusActiveCurrent degrees4Total degree appearances6
Included in Current Degrees (4)
- Bachelor of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
- Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering (BSSWE to MSSWE)
- Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE]
- Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE_C]
Previously Appeared in Retired Degrees (2)
- Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE]from 2023-01
- Bachelor of Science, Software Engineering [BSSWE_C]from 2023-01