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Networking and Security in iOS Applications

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Course Summary

Learn about the fundamentals of cyber security, including important concepts such as confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The course covers common attack techniques, defense strategies, and best practices for staying safe online.

Key Learning Points

Understand the basics of cyber security and the importance of protecting your digital assets
Learn about common attack methods and how to defend against them
Gain practical skills for staying safe online and protecting yourself from cyber threats

Learning Outcomes

Understand the importance of cyber security and the risks of not protecting your digital assets
Be able to identify common attack methods and use defense strategies to protect against them
Have practical skills for staying safe online and protecting yourself from cyber threats

Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course

Basic knowledge of computer systems and the internet
Willingness to learn about cyber security and best practices for staying safe online

Course Difficulty Level

Beginner

Course Format

Online self-paced course
Video lectures
Quizzes and assignments

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Bruce Schneier
Eva Galperin

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Description

You will learn to extend your knowledge of making iOS apps so that they can securely interact with web services and receive push notifications. You'll learn how to store data securely on a device using Core Data. You’ll also learn to securely deploy apps to the App Store and beta users over-the-air.

The format of the course is through a series of code tutorials. We will walk you through the creation of several apps that you can keep as a personal app toolbox. When you make your own apps after this course, you can bring in these capabilities as needed. When necessary we pop out of the code tutorials to talk about concepts at a higher level so that what you are programming makes sense. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: 1. Post Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo messages to social media using single sign-on on behalf of a user. 2. Use OAuth 2.0 to securely authenticate to Instagram and retrieve photos on behalf of a user 3. JSON 4. Describe JSON’s syntax 5. Write well-formed JSON 6. Work with JSON data objects in Objective-C 7. Appropriately set the security settings for App Transport Security in iOS 9.0 8. Use http, https and https with perfect forward secrecy to fetch web resources 9. Obtain permissions to receive local push notifications 11. Write an app that can send and receive local push notifications 12. Obtain permissions to receive remote push notifications 13. Write an app that can receive remote push notifications 14. Authenticate using Apple’s cryptographic services such that the developer can use 3rd party infrastructure to send remote push notifications to their app. 15. Securely store data on the user’s device. 16. Authenticate using Apple’s cryptographic services such that they can deploy an app to the app store

Outline

Welcome!
Welcome!
Twitter App: Setting up the User Interface
Twitter App: Connecting the U/I
Twitter App: Styling the U/I via ".layer"
Twitter App: Social.Framework and building a UIAlertController
Twitter App: Closing a window with UIAlertAction
Twitter App: Checking for "Single Sign On"
A general pattern for pop-up alerts
Twitter App: Tweet with SLComposeViewController
Twitter App: Reviewing what we accomplished
Facebook: Adding an additional UIAlertAction
Facebook: Using SLComposeViewController to Post
Future Proofing with the UIActivityViewController
Simplifying the Interface - Less Clicks!
Peer-Review 01: Your turn!
Course Overview
Pre-Course Survey
Getting Help
Twitter App Orientation
Facebook Orientation
Future proofing

Using Secure Web APIs: an Instagram Case Study
Overview of Instagram App
Building the project with Cocoapods
Intro to UIImageView
Laying out the Interface
OAuth 2.0
Accessing a web service API
JSON
Custom URL Schemes
NSAppTransport in iOS 9
Network Security Considerations
Getting data with NSURLSession
Calling and Parsing API JSON data
Two Updates on the Instagram API

Don't be so pushy!
App Lifecycle
Push notifications: local Part 1
Push notifications: local Part 2
Push notifications: actions
Push notifications: remote Part 01
Push notifications: remote Part 02
Push notifications: remote Part 03
Push notifications: remote Part 04
Push notifications: remote Part 05
Push notifications: remote Part 06
Intro to Peer Review Assignment 03
Remote Push Notification Has Changed

Storing Data
Core Data: Introduction
Core Data: Setting Up Your Project
Core Data: Building the Model
Core Data: Wiring the UI to CoreData
Enrichment: The Full Core Data Example 1
Enrichment: The Full Core Data Example 2
Peer Review 04 Instructions: Storing Data App
Deploying to the App Store
App Store Analytics
The Full Core Data Example
Final Exam

Summary of User Reviews

Coursera's Security course has received positive reviews from users. Many users found the course informative and engaging. The course covers various topics related to security and is designed for individuals with different levels of expertise.

Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course

The course covers various topics related to security and is designed for individuals with different levels of expertise.

Pros from User Reviews

Informative and engaging course
Covers various topics related to security
Designed for individuals with different levels of expertise
Great instructors who are experts in the field
Interactive and hands-on learning experience

Cons from User Reviews

Some users found the course content to be too basic
A few technical issues with the platform
No certificate provided for the free version of the course
The course may not be suitable for individuals with advanced knowledge in security
Some users felt that the course was too time-consuming

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