- Part I. Introduction to safety and security.
- Part II. Temporal logics, modeling, model checking, formal specification. Tool: NuSMV.
- Part III. System modeling with Event-B. Tool: Rodin.
- Part IV. Concurrency, network programming. Tool: Java Pathfinder.
- Part V. Memory safety, fuzzing Tools: memory checker, fuzzer.
DD2460 Software Safety and Security 7.5 credits
The course covers several fundamental techniques for the analysis of programs, with a focus on safety and security. The techniques are based on types and logics for programs, and allow to discover certain types of illicit behaviour or deduce the absence of such behaviour. We consider several successful tools implementing such techniques.
Information per course offering
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Information for Spring 2026 sss26 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 16 Mar 2026 - 1 Jun 2026
- Periods
- P4 (7.5 hp)
- Pace of study
50%
- Application code
60153
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Places are not limited
- Target group
CLGYM and students admitted to a master's programme as long as it can be included in your programme.
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
- Schedule is not published
- Part of programme
Master of Science in Engineering and in Education, åk 4, TEDA, Conditionally Elective
Master of Science in Engineering and in Education, åk 5, TEDA, Conditionally Elective
Master's Programme, Communication Systems, åk 1, ITE, Recommended
Master's Programme, Communication Systems, åk 1, SMK, Recommended
Master's Programme, Communication Systems, åk 1, TRN, Recommended
Master's Programme, Computer Science, åk 1, CSTC, Conditionally Elective
Master's Programme, Computer Science, åk 2, CSTC, Conditionally Elective
Master's Programme, Cybersecurity, åk 2, Conditionally Elective
Master's Programme, Industrial Engineering and Management, åk 1, PUET, Conditionally Elective
Master's Programme, Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, åk 1, DASC, Recommended
Master's Programme, Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, åk 1, PVT, Recommended
Master's Programme, Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, åk 2, DASC, Recommended
Master's Programme, Software Engineering of Distributed Systems, åk 2, PVT, Recommended
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus DD2460 (Autumn 2024–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus DD2460 (Autumn 2024–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
- explain safety and security aspects for systems,
- construct models of systems,
- specify and analyse safety and security properties,
- apply analytical tools on software systems,
- evaluate and compare different approaches to verification and validation of software systems,
in order to
- as citizen and expert be able to discuss software safety and security,
- in professional life and/or research projects be able to formally express safety and security related properties,
- be able to use and adapt various tools and technologies to verify such properties.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Knowledge in computer security, 6 credits, corresponding to completed course DD2395/DD2391.
Active participation in a course offering where the final examination is not yet reported in Ladok is considered equivalent to completion of the course.
Registering for a course is counted as active participation.
The term 'final examination' encompasses both the regular examination and the first re-examination.
Recommended prerequisites
Good knowledge and skills in programming, programming languages, and program semantics. Knowledge of first-order logic and finite automata.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- LAB2 - Laboratory work, 5.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- TEN2 - Examination, 1.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- ÖVN2 - Group presentation and report, 1.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Computer Science and Engineering
Education cycle
Second cycle
Transitional regulations
The earlier module EXA2 has been replaced by TEN2.
Supplementary information
In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see:
http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex
Additional regulations
This course contains group projects and labs. Course registration after the official registration period is not possible, since we need to create the groups in the beginning of the course.