Web Application Security and Accessibility
Building web applications that are safe and usable by everyone: the OWASP Top 10 from a defender's view, secure sessions and headers, and WCAG accessibility.
WEB-230 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Web Development
Course content
- 1Threats to web applicationsComing
- 2The OWASP Top 10 for developersComing
- 3Input validation and output encodingComing
- 4Preventing cross-site scriptingComing
- 5Cross-site request forgery and same-site cookiesComing
- 6Authentication, sessions and password storageComing
- 7Security headers, HTTPS and content security policyComing
- 8Dependency and supply chain securityComing
- 9WCAG principles and accessible componentsComing
- 10Testing accessibility with tools and assistive technologyComing
- 11Privacy by design and handling personal dataComing
- 12Capstone: a security and accessibility reviewComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Building web applications that are safe and usable by everyone: the OWASP Top 10 from a defender's view, secure sessions and headers, and WCAG accessibility.
Part of the Information Technology stream, typically taken in year 2.