Web Security: Common Vulnerabilities And Their Mitigation

🛡️ Master Web Security: Protect Your Website and Users Against the Most Common Threats!

Course Headline: A guide to dealing with XSS, session hijacking, XSRF, credential management, SQLi and a whole lot more!

Course Description:

Dive into the world of web security with our comprehensive course designed to safeguard your website against an array of common vulnerabilities. This is not just about understanding how these threats work—it's about equipping yourself with the knowledge and tools to effectively mitigate them. 🔐

Key Topics Covered:

How do common security attacks work?

• XSS (Cross Site Scripting): Learn how attackers inject malicious scripts into content that is dynamically served up by your web application.
• XSRF (Cross Site Request Forgery): Discover how to protect against an attacker tricking a user into executing unwanted actions on a web application in which they're authenticated.
• Session Hijacking: Understand the methods attackers use to intercept and hijack user sessions, and what you can do to prevent it.
• Direct Object Reference: Learn about attacks that occur when users can access data and functions in your system by manipulating object references.

How do we mitigate them?

• Script Injection Prevention: See practical examples of how to defend your web application against malicious scripts.
• Secure Tokens for XSRF Mitigation: Learn the importance of using secure tokens in forms to prevent unwanted actions.
• Session and Cookie Management: Understand best practices for managing sessions, cookies, and user authentication.
• Input Validation and Sanitization: Master the techniques for validating and sanitizing user input to prevent attacks.
• Credential Management: Explore secure methods for password recovery, storing, and hashing credentials.
• Content Security Policy (CSP): Implement a CSP header to enhance your web application's security against code injection.

What secure practices to follow?

Discover the role of modern browsers in protection against web attacks and strategies to limit your website's exposure to vulnerabilities. �rowser_fwdx

Course Highlights:

• Security Attacks: Cross Site Scripting, Session Hijacking, Credential Management, Cross Site Request Forgery, SQL Injection, Direct Object Reference, Social Engineering.
• Risk Mitigation Techniques: Utilizing the Content Security Policy Header, user input validation and sanitization, secure token validation, sandboxed iframes, secure sessions, expiry, and password recovery processes.
• Web Security Basics: Delve into the principles of Two Factor Authentication (2FA), Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) guidelines, and more.

Get ready to fortify your website against attacks and become a guardian of web security! Enroll in our course today and transform your approach to online safety. 💻✨