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Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals

If you are in charge of building or testing web applications, being familiar with fundamental issues hackers take advantage of is key to defending your product, and your business. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of web app pen testing.

Intermediate
2h 38m
(81)

Created by Mike Woolard

Last Updated Feb 22, 2024

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Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals

If you are in charge of building or testing web applications, being familiar with fundamental issues hackers take advantage of is key to defending your product, and your business. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of web app pen testing.

Intermediate
2h 38m
(81)

Created by Mike Woolard

Last Updated Feb 22, 2024

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What you'll learn

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.

Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals
Intermediate
2h 38m
(81)
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Mike Woolard - Pluralsight course - Web Application Penetration Testing Fundamentals
Mike Woolard
19 courses 4.5 author rating 306 ratings

Mike is an information security manager who has worked in the IT field for 17+ years. The focus of Mike's career now centers on pentesting and risk assessments. An active member in the infosec community and attends or speaks at various conferences.

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