Comprehensive C# and Web Application Security

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Course Number: SEC-128
Duration: 5 days (32.5 hours)
Format: Live, hands-on

Web Application Security Training Overview

Accelebrate's Comprehensive C# and Web Application Security training takes attendees through the common Web application security issues following the OWASP Top Ten and beyond. This security course is taught in C# and discusses core programming issues, including the security pitfalls of the C# language and the ASP.NET framework.

Note: To ensure ample one-on-one engagement with the instructor, this class is capped at 12 people, overriding Accelebrate’s default cap of 15.

Location and Pricing

Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.

In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.

Objectives

All students will:

  • Get familiar with essential cyber security concepts
  • Understand Web application security issues
  • Gain a detailed analysis of the OWASP Top Ten elements
  • Put Web application security in the context of C#
  • Go beyond the low hanging fruits
  • Manage vulnerabilities in third-party components
  • Identify vulnerabilities and their consequences
  • Learn the security best practices in C#
  • Learn input validation approaches and principles
  • Understand how cryptography can support application security
  • Learn how to use cryptographic APIs correctly in C#
  • Understand security testing methodology and approaches
  • Get familiar with common security testing techniques and tools

Prerequisites

Students should have solid C# and web application development skills.

Outline

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Cyber security basics
  • What is security?
  • Threat and risk
  • Cyber security threat types
  • Consequences of insecure software
Introducing the OWASP Top 10
A1 - Injection
  • Injection principles
  • Injection attacks
  • SQL injection
  • NoSQL injection
  • SQL injection best practices
  • SQL injection protection and ORM
  • Parameter manipulation
  • Code injection
  • Script injection
  • General injection best practices
  • Storing account passwords
  • Password in transit
  • Dictionary attacks and brute forcing
  • Salting
  • Adaptive hash functions for password storage
A2 - Broken Authentication
  • Authentication
  • Password management
  • Session management
  • Using tokens
  • Cookie security
A3 - Sensitive Data Exposure
  • Information exposure
  • Exposure through extracted data and aggregation
  • Case study – Strava data exposure
  • Privacy violation
  • System information leakage
  • Information leakage through side channels
  • Information exposure best practices
A4 - XML External Entities (XXE)
  • DTD and the entities
  • Attribute blowup
  • Entity expansion
  • External Entity Attack (XXE)
A5 - Broken Access Control
  • Access control basics
  • Failure to restrict URL access
  • Confused deputy
  • File upload
A6 - Security Misconfiguration
  • Configuration principles
  • Server misconfiguration
  • ASP.NET and IIS configuration best practices
  • AWS configuration best practices
A7 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
  • Cross-site scripting basics
  • Cross-site scripting types
  • XSS protection best practices
A8 - Insecure Deserialization
  • Serialization and deserialization challenges
  • Integrity – deserializing untrusted streams
  • Integrity – deserialization best practices
  • Property Oriented Programming (POP)
A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
  • Using vulnerable components
  • Assessing the environment
  • Hardening
  • Untrusted functionality import
  • Importing JavaScript
  • Case study – The British Airways data breach
  • Vulnerability management
A10 - Insufficient Logging & Monitoring
  • Logging and monitoring principles
  • Insufficient logging
  • Case study – Plaintext passwords at Facebook
  • Logging best practices
  • Monitoring best practices
XML Security
  • XML validation
  • XML injection
JSON Security
  • JSON validation
  • JSON injection
  • Dangers of JSONP
  • JSON/JavaScript hijacking
  • Best practices
  • Case study – ReactJS vulnerability in HackerOne
Web Application Security Beyond the Top Ten
  • Client-side security
  • Tabnabbing
  • Reverse tabnabbing
  • Frame sandboxing
API security - Input validation
  • Integer handling problems
  • Open redirects and forwards
  • Files and streams
  • Unsafe reflection
  • Unsafe native code
Time and state
  • Race conditions
Errors
  • Error and exception handling principles
  • Error handling
  • Exception handling
Code quality
  • Code quality and security
  • Data handling
  • Object-oriented programming pitfalls
Denial of Service
  • Flooding
  • Resource exhaustion
  • Sustained client engagement
  • Denial of service problems in C#
  • Infinite loop
  • Economic Denial of Sustainability (EDoS)
  • Denial of service
  • Algorithm complexity issues
Cryptography for Developers
  • Cryptography basics
  • Crypto APIs in C#
Elementary Algorithms
  • Random number generation
  • Hashing
Confidentiality Protection
  • Symmetric encryption
  • Asymmetric encryption
  • Combining symmetric and asymmetric algorithms
  • Key exchange and agreement
Integrity Protection
  • Authenticity and non-repudiation
  • Message Authentication Code (MAC)
  • Digital signature
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  • Some further key management challenges
  • Certificates
Security testing
  • Security testing methodology
  • Security testing techniques and tools
Conclusion
  • Secure coding principles
  • And now what?

Training Materials

All secure coding attendees receive comprehensive courseware.

Software Requirements

Attendees will not need to install any software on their computers for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will work well.



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