Web Software Security Frameworks

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

1. Explain the fundamental principles of web security, identify common threats and vulnerabilities (such as those listed in the OWASP Top Ten), and articulate the importance of security in web development.
2. Apply secure coding guidelines and best practices, including input validation, output encoding, and error handling, to develop secure web applications.
3. Implement and configure robust authentication and authorization mechanisms, such as passwords, multi-factor authentication, role-based access control, and secure session management, in web applications.
4. Use cryptographic libraries to implement encryption and decryption, understand basic cryptographic concepts (e.g., encryption, hashing), and set up secure communication protocols such as HTTPS and TLS.
5. Deploy and configure web application firewalls, create custom WAF rules, and understand WAF policies to protect web applications from threats.
6. Identify and address security considerations for RESTful and GraphQL APIs, implement API authentication and authorization (e.g., OAuth2, JWT), and enforce rate limiting and input validation.
7. Perform security testing using automated tools (e.g., OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite) and manual techniques, and write and present vulnerability assessment reports.
8. Develop incident response plans, configure monitoring and logging for security purposes, and utilize SIEM tools to detect and respond to security incidents.
9. Research and present on emerging security threats, new security technologies, and future directions in web application security.