Free Udemy Course __ Secure Coding: Security Best Practices in Web Applications

Learn key security techniques to protect web applications from threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks with examples

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Secure Coding: Security Best Practices in Web Applications

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the fundamentals of web application security and why it is critical
  • Identify and mitigate common security vulnerabilities in web applications
  • Implement secure authentication and authorization using OAuth, JWT, and MFA
  • Prevent SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks
  • Apply secure coding best practices to protect applications from threats
  • Encrypt and securely store sensitive user data and credentials
  • Secure APIs using REST security best practices
  • Conduct penetration testing and vulnerability assessments to identify security flaws
  • Implement security measures in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
  • Learn about the OWASP Top 10 security threats and how to mitigate them
  • Perform secure session management to prevent session hijacking and fixation
  • Implement secure error handling and logging without exposing sensitive data
  • Analyze real-world cybersecurity incidents and apply lessons learned
  • Develop a security-first mindset to build resilient and attack-resistant applications

Requirements

  • Familiarity with web development concepts, such as HTTP requests, APIs, and client-server architecture
  • Understanding of database interactions, including SQL queries and database security best practices
  • Some experience with authentication and authorization, such as login systems or user role management
  • Ability to install and use development tools, including an IDE (e.g., IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse), a database (MySQL, PostgreSQL), and security testing tools
  • A computer with internet access to follow along with practical exercises
  • Willingness to learn about security threats and how to protect applications from attacks
  • No prior cybersecurity experience is required, but a general understanding of software security concepts will be beneficial

Who This Course is For

  • Web developers who want to enhance the security of their applications
  • Software engineers looking to integrate security best practices into their development workflow
  • Cybersecurity professionals and ethical hackers interested in securing web applications and APIs
  • DevOps engineers responsible for securing CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployments
  • IT administrators and system architects managing web application security
  • QA engineers and security testers who need to identify and prevent vulnerabilities in applications
  • Students and aspiring cybersecurity professionals looking to gain hands-on experience in secure coding
  • Project managers and tech leads overseeing software development and security compliance
  • Anyone interested in cybersecurity who wants to learn how to protect applications from real-world threats

Your Instructor

Andrii Piatakha

Founder and CEO in IT-Bulls, Founder of Learn-IT University

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