Web Application Security Training

Certificate: N/A
Duration: 2 days
Course Delivery: Classroom
Accreditor: None
Language: English
Credits: N/A

Course Description:
Protecting applications that are accessible via the Web requires well-prepared security professional who are at all time aware of current attack methods and trends. Plethora of technologies and environments exist that allow comfortable development of Web applications (like Java, ASP.NET or PHP). One should not only be aware of the security issues relevant to these platforms, but also of all general vulnerabilities that apply regardless of the used development tools.
The course gives an overview of the applicable security solutions in Web applications, focusing on the most important technologies like secure communication and Web services, tackling both transport-layer security and end-to-end security solutions and standards like Web Services Security.
The Web-based vulnerabilities are demonstrated through presenting the relevant attacks, while the recommended coding techniques and mitigation methods are explained to avoid the associated problems. Exercises can be easily followed by programmers using different programming languages, thus the Web application-related topics can be easily combined with other secure coding subjects, and can thus effectively satisfy the needs of corporate development groups, who typically deal with various languages and development platforms to develop Web applications.

Learning Objectives:
Individuals certified at this level will have demonstrated:
● Understand basic concepts of security, IT security and secure coding
● Learn Web vulnerabilities beyond OWASP Top Ten and know how to avoid them
● Learn client-side vulnerabilities and secure coding practices
● Understand Web services security
● Get practical knowledge in using security testing tools
● Get sources and further reading on secure coding practices

I liked the interactivity, the interesting examples and the professional environment.
Budapest, Hungary

Prerequisites:
None
Course Materials:
You will receive the following as part of this course:
● A participant handbook with reference materials
● Virtual machine with the exercises (to be distributed by the instructor on a USB drive)

Course Outline:
IT security and secure coding
● Nature of security
● IT security related terms
● Definition of risk
● Different aspects of IT security
● Requirements of different application areas
● IT security vs. secure coding
● From vulnerabilities to botnets and cybercrime
● Classification of security flaws
Web application vulnerabilities
● SQL Injection
● Other injection flaws
● Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
● Broken authentication and session management
● Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
● Insecure direct object reference
● Unvalidated file upload
● Security misconfiguration
● Failure to restrict URL access
● Transport layer security issues
● Unvalidated redirects and forwards
Client-side security
● JavaScript security
● Ajax security
● HTML5 Security
Security of RESTful web services
● Security of RESTfulweb services
● REST-related technologies for security
● REST-related vulnerabilities
● Improper use of security features
● Mobile code

Audience:
Web developers, architects, and testers

Examination:
There are no exams associated with this course