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Writing Secure Java Code

Developer Training

Course Outline

Writing Secure Java Code

2 DAY COURSE

“This was a great class! The instructor is quite knowledgeable and makes the classes fun and informative. He is open to questions and tries to answer every one of them. Sherif is a joy!”

- Keith Cooper, Elavon

COURSE SUMMARY

This technical course focuses on OWASP Top 10 – 2021 edition. It covers a wide range of application security topics in applications built with Java. During this hands-on course, students will examine actual code, tools, and other resources that help them understand how hackers think, the techniques they use to attack their applications and the best countermeasures they can use to mitigate the risk of those attacks.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Java Software Developers
Technical Leads
Software Architects

REQUIREMENTS & PREREQUISITES

Intermediate to expert understanding of the web as well as the HTTP protocol.
Intermediate to expert experience with web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, etc
Understanding of basic principles of the Java language.
Students are required to bring their own laptops with a minimum of 8 GB RAM installed.
Microsoft Remote Desktop Installed

COURSE CONTENTS

Introduction
A1. Attacking & Securing Access Control (OWASP Top 10)
- Vertical Access Control Issues
- Horizontal Access Control Issues
- Resource-based Access Control Issues
- Introduction to Spring Boot Authorization model
A2. Attacking and Remediating Cryptographic Failures (OWASP Top 10)
- Security of data in transit
- Security of data at rest
- Best use of Encryption, Hashing and Encoding
A3. Attacking & Securing Data Storages (OWASP Top 10)
- Attacking and mitigating SQL Injection
- Attacking and mitigating Cross-site Scripting
A4. Insecure Design (OWASP Top 10)
- Attacking insecure design patterns
- Integrating security throughout the development lifecycle
- Introduction into secure design patterns
A5. Security Misconfiguration (OWASP Top 10)
- Most common application misconfiguration issues.
- Most common platforms misconfiguration issues.
- Most common HTTP headers misconfiguration issues.
A6. Vulnerable and Outdated Components (OWASP Top 10)
- The risk of using outdated components
- Creating a plan to mitigate the risk of 3rd party components
A7. Identification and Authentication Failures (OWASP Top 10)
- An overview of authentication-based failure and their mitigation techniques
- How to implement multi-factor authentication properly
- Single-sign-on issues and mitigation techniques.
- Introduction to Spring Boot Authentication model

A8. Software and Data Integrity Failures
- An overview of attacks resulting from the lack of software and data integrity
- Case Study: SolarWinds attack
- Insecure deserialization attacks and mitigations.
A9. Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
- Most common logging failures
- An overview for creating a solid logging framework
A10. Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (OWASP Top 10)
- An overview of SSRF attacks and consequences
- Mitigation strategies to avoid SSRF issues
Conclusion and closeout remarks