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OWASP: Security Misconfiguration

Insecure web application configuration is a top security risk for many sites. This course will teach you to identify and fix those issues.

Intermediate
58m

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Mar 10, 2026

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OWASP: Security Misconfiguration

Insecure web application configuration is a top security risk for many sites. This course will teach you to identify and fix those issues.

Intermediate
58m

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Mar 10, 2026

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Insecure web application configuration is one of the top security risks for sites, holding the number 2 spot in the current OWASP Top Ten. In this course, OWASP: Security Misconfiguration, you’ll learn to secure your application. First, you’ll explore hardening servers and application frameworks. Next, you’ll discover security HTTP headers. Finally, you’ll learn how to leverage automated scanning to find issues in your site’s configuration. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge needed to increase the security posture of a site to mitigate the number 2 OWASP Top Ten risk, security misconfiguration.

OWASP: Security Misconfiguration
Intermediate
58m
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Christian Wenz - Pluralsight course - OWASP: Security Misconfiguration
Christian Wenz
26 courses 4.4 author rating 1146 ratings

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP.NET, an ASPInsiders member, and main author of the Zend PHP 5.5 certification.

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