Udemy – Cyber Security 2020

This course is a comprehensive overview of web security. The goal is to build an understanding of the most common web attacks and their countermeasures. Given the pervasive insecurity of the modern web landscape, there is a pressing need for programmers and system designers improve their understanding of web security issues

We’ll be covering the fundamentals as well as the state-of-the-art in web security

Topics include: Principles of web security, attacks and countermeasures, the browser security model, web app vulnerabilities injection, denial-of-service, TLS attacks, privacy, fingerprinting same-origin policy, cross site scripting, authentication, JavaScript security, emerging threats, defense-in-depth, and techniques for writing secure code. Course projects include writing security exploits, defending insecure web apps, and implementing emerging web standards

What you’ll learn

This course is a comprehensive overview of web security. The goal is to build an understanding of the most common web attacks and their countermeasures. Given the pervasive insecurity of the modern web landscape, there is a pressing need for programmers and system designers improve their understanding of web security issues
We’ll be covering the fundamentals as well as the state-of-the-art in web security. Topics include: Principles of web security, attacks and countermeasures, the browser security model web app vulnerabilities, injection, denial-of-service, TLS attacks privacy, fingerprinting, same-origin policy, cross site scripting authentication, JavaScript security, emerging threats defense-in-depth, and techniques for writing secure code. Course projects include writing security exploits, defending insecure web apps, and implementing emerging web standards

Are there any course requirements or prerequisites?

A computer and an enthusiasm to learning and hacking