Cyber Secure Coder™ — Information & Free Practice
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Cyber Secure Coder™
- Provider
- Pearson VUE
- Format
- Proctored Multiple Choice / Multiple Response; test center or Pearson OnVUE.
- Exam questions
- Total questions: 80.
- Time limit
- 120 minutes, including 5 minutes for the Candidate Agreement and 5 minutes for the Pearson VUE tutorial.
- Passing score
- 60%
Examination outline
Common Secure Application Development Terminology and Concepts (15%)
- Understand basic security principles
- Identify common hacking terminology and concepts
Job and Process Responsibilities Related to Secure Application Development (15%)
- Explain the software development lifecycle
- Understand the role of the designer/architect in creating secure applications
- Explain the role of the developer in creating secure applications
- Understand the role of the code reviewer in creating secure applications
- Understand the role of the application tester in creating secure applications
Architecture and Design (18%)
- Interpret use and abuse cases
- Understand architecture and design industry best practices
- Identify common regulations that relate to secure software development
- Explain the importance of organizational requirements to the development of secure software applications
Risk Assessment and Management (17%)
- Classify common threats and vulnerabilities in terms of their impact on applications
- Compare and contrast common risk assessment and management best practices
Application Implementation (35%)
- Implement input validation
- Restrict the output of sensitive data
- Implement cryptography
- Implement authentication and access control
- Implement error handling and logging
- Implement communication security
- Implement application security parameters and configure security settings
- Implement secure database access
Examination sources
- Official CSC-210 voucher adopts blueprint
Exam Blueprint anchor targets https://certnexus.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/CertNexus-Cyber-Secure-Coder-Exam-CSC-210-blueprint.pdf
- CSC-210 blueprint identity
PDF page 1, cover revision block
- CSC-210 domain table
PDF page 4, Domain / % of Examination table; actual page image confirms 1.0=15%, 2.0=15%, 3.0=18%, 4.0=17%, 5.0=35%, Total=100%
- CSC-210 scope limitations
PDF page 5, boxed paragraph before Objectives
- CSC-210 full objectives
PDF pages 5-7, Objectives 1.1-5.8, including page 7 continuation of 4.1
- CSC-210 acronym definitions
PDF page 8, entire Acronym / Expanded Form table
- CertNexus CSC blueprint specifications
PDF page 4, Exam Specifications
- CertNexus response scoring
Policies and Procedures 6.5
- CertNexus current CSC details
CSC Certification FAQs, How many questions are on the CSC exam?
- CSC eligibility and preparation
PDF page 3, Candidate Eligibility
- CSC prerequisites
PDF page 3, Exam Prerequisites
- Pearson VUE rolling appointments
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- CertNexus Candidate Agreement
Opening notice
- CertNexus voucher conditions
Policies and Procedures 6.1
- CertNexus geographic restrictions
Policies and Procedures 5
- CertNexus identification
Policies and Procedures 4.6
- CertNexus accommodations
Policies and Procedures 4.4
Related license preparation
This examination may be required or accepted as an alternative, depending on the license and application pathway.