What you'll learn

Python is a simple programming language and it really enables fast development. This makes it the perfect candidate for automating routine tasks. In this course, Security Task Automation with Python, you’ll learn to use Python to achieve a more robust security for your organization’s network or applications. First, you’ll explore how you can use Python to call different command line-based utilities, fetch their output, and consume it. Next, you’ll discover how to work with different types of serialized data, such as XML or JSON. Finally, you’ll learn how to launch requests to different types of web services, SOAP or REST. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of Python needed to automate repetitive security-related tasks.