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Pluralsight

Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals

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Overview

Familiarize yourself with web application penetration testing product defense with Pluralsight author Mike Woolard.

Whether you are a developer or in security understanding how applications are attacked is the key to defending them. In this course, Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals, you'll learn the framework of a successful web application penetration test. First, you'll begin by exploring everything that goes into the pre-engagement, preparing for the test. Next, you'll delve into various techniques for footprinting the application and the underlying servers. Finally, once you lay the groundwork, you'll discover all the common attacks on application inputs and various logic flaws development trams make. By the end of this course, you'll have a solid understanding of the basic framework of web application security assessment, the concepts, and why they are important, so you can relate it back to your own application.

Syllabus

  • Course Overview 1min
  • The Principles of a Web Application Penetration Test 26mins
  • Pre-engagement 16mins
  • Footprinting 26mins
  • Attacking User Controls 25mins
  • Attacking Application Inputs 9mins
  • Common Attack Methods 19mins
  • Discovering Logic Flaws 15mins
  • Reporting 8mins
  • Summary 9mins

Taught by

Mike Woolard

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