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Course Outline
Introduction to IT Security and Secure Coding
- Understanding the fundamentals of application security
- Principles of secure software development
- Common security risks in web applications
- The role of developers in preventing vulnerabilities
Fundamentals of Web Application Security
- Understanding the web application attack surface
- Common attack techniques targeting web applications
- Security principles for PHP-based applications
- Secure development lifecycle practices
Web Application Vulnerabilities
- Overview of common web vulnerabilities
- Injection attacks and prevention techniques
- Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- Protection against Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
- Insecure direct object references and access control issues
- Secure session management
- Considerations for file upload security
Secure Input Validation and Data Handling
- The importance of validating and sanitising user input
- Preventing malicious data processing
- Leveraging PHP validation and filtering features
- Protecting applications from unexpected input
Client-Side Security
- Understanding security risks in JavaScript
- Secure handling of Ajax requests
- Security considerations for HTML5
- Preventing client-side vulnerabilities
- Integrating client-side and server-side security practices
Practical Cryptography for PHP Applications
- Cryptography fundamentals
- Hashing and password protection
- Encryption and secure data storage
- Using PHP security extensions including OpenSSL
- Applying cryptographic best practices
PHP Security Features and Secure Development Techniques
- PHP security extensions and built-in protections
- Utilising Ctype, ext/filter, and HTML Purifier
- Secure coding patterns in PHP
- Avoiding common PHP programming mistakes
- Handling errors and exceptions securely
Hardening the PHP Environment
- Securing PHP configuration settings
- Security recommendations for php.ini
- Apache and server-level security considerations
- Managing permissions and application configuration
- Protecting production environments
Advanced PHP Vulnerability Topics
- Time and state-related security issues
- Security considerations for open_basedir
- Denial-of-service attack scenarios
- Hash collision vulnerabilities
- Recent PHP framework security concerns
Security Testing and Assessment Techniques
- Overview of application security testing
- Using security scanners and testing tools
- Concepts of penetration testing
- Proxy tools, sniffers, and fuzzing techniques
- Static source code analysis
Practical Secure Coding Workshop
- Analysing vulnerable PHP applications
- Applying mitigation techniques
- Testing security improvements
- Reviewing secure coding resources and best practices
Requirements
None.
21 Hours
Testimonials (3)
I genuinely enjoyed the real life examples.
Marios Prokopiou
Course - Secure coding in PHP
All topics were well covered and presented with a lot of examples. Ahmed was very efficient and managed to keep us focused and attracted at all times.
Kostas Bastas
Course - Secure coding in PHP
The subject of the course was very interesting and gave us many ideas.
