Top 10 Web Threats (3 July)

When: 3 July 2017
Where: Sofia, Bulgaria

Various sources identify that between 20% and 60% of websites have each at least one serious vulnerability. Our own research at ESI CEE’s Cyber Resilience Lab (CyResLab) confirms that the danger is significant. A serious issue is the diversity of threats on Web platforms – different types of attacks can shut down entire services, steal valuable data, impersonate legitimate sites, intercept data on-the-fly, forge user actions, etc. Due to the constant increase in the number of attacks on Web applications, a Web developer now has to be aware of the threats in order to effectively counteract these threats and produce secure and correctly working systems. This 1-day course is designed to introduce developers to the inner workings of the top web threats, how they are exploited, and how to write code that is secure against these threats.

In this course, CyResLab has included live demos of attacks, exercises in detecting and leveraging threats, examples of weak and vulnerable code and the process of repairing it and fixing vulnerabilities, mitigation tactics, developer-specific best practices and discussions on how not to write vulnerable code in the process of daily work. The course is mostly technical and not organizational.

The “Top 10 Web Threats” course includes free access to an interactive online exercise environment for one week, following the course’s completion.

Objectives
Successful completion of this course enables participants to:

• Be aware of the top threats in Web development;
• Know the tactics used to mitigate these threats;
• Do not systematically allow security vulnerabilities to 'slip in' while developing a product/website.

Prerequisites: The course requires understanding of web technologies and basic web development skills.

Suggested background is the ESI CEE’s Cyber Resilience Lab (CyResLab) “Introduction to practical cryptography for IT specialists” course or equivalent knowledge.

* If signing up for this course, consider enrolling in the “Advanced Web Threats” course, scheduled for July 6-7, 2017.

Ideal for: Web front-end and back-end developers, software engineers and architects that have a good grasp on development processes but have had no specific training in security. Also appropriate for mobile developers working on hybrid and/or pure-Web platforms.

Instructor/s: Professionals from ESI CEE Cyber Resilience Lab (CyResLab), partner of Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University.

Certificate: Upon successful completion of the course attendees will receive a certificate from ESI CEE.

Confirm your interest to book your place or contact us for any questions concerning registration and further details at tina (at) esicenter (dot) bg or +359 883 421 983 - Christina Todorova