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Secure Authentication Flow for Go Applications

Web services and applications are primary attack vectors for data breaches and cyberattacks. This course will teach you strategies to harden your Go services against these attacks while minimizing user inconvenience.

Intermediate
1h 3m
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Created by Mike VanSickle

Last Updated May 19, 2025

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Secure Authentication Flow for Go Applications

Web services and applications are primary attack vectors for data breaches and cyberattacks. This course will teach you strategies to harden your Go services against these attacks while minimizing user inconvenience.

Intermediate
1h 3m
(0)

Created by Mike VanSickle

Last Updated May 19, 2025

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What you'll learn

It is essential for users to access your web services but that access brings the risk of cyberattacks. Care must be taken to allow users to efficiently access these critical resources while protecting them from bad actors. In this course, Secure Authentication Flow for Go Applications, you’ll learn to safely and efficiently add robust authentication to your Go programs. First, you’ll explore the essential elements of login/logout workflows. Next, you’ll discover how to improve security using multi-factor authentication. Finally, you’ll learn how to add simple defenses that can help defeat cyberattacks. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of authentication strategies needed to provide secure and effective defenses to your services.

Secure Authentication Flow for Go Applications
Intermediate
1h 3m
(0)
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Mike VanSickle
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Michael VanSickle is an application architect in Akron, Ohio. He is a mechanical engineer by training and a software engineer by choice. He is passionate about learning new programming languages and user experience design.

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