IT Professionals New Zealand | Te Pou Hangarau Ngaio

Security is a fundamental part of web development, software development or cloud services within an organisation. Those who have some responsibility for security, such as managers, team leads, devs and others, need to have a working understanding of the fundamentals of web security to help minimise risk.

This half-day introduction to web security covers the most common current web security exploits and the approach, principles and frameworks necessary to detect and protect against vulnerabilities. This is an essential course for anyone with responsibility for web or software development, or cloud services within an organisation.

Duration:Half Day

The workshop covers the following:

• Security principles
• Top Ten security vulnerabilities as outlined by OWASP (covers past and current exploits, what they are, how they're exploited and how to protect against them and future trends)
• Software maturity model
• Application security verification project
• Example approaches and tools
• Top 10 privacy risks
• Internet of Things (IoT) projects  

Objectives

At the end of the course attendees will:

• Have a good understanding of the principles of security assessment
• Understand the most common exploits and how to protect against them
• Understand the frameworks and tools available to minimise risk
• Be in a position to put in place a framework of tools and principles to help reduce potential vulnerabilities within an organisation

Target Audience

This workshop is focused primarily on those with some responsibility for web development, software development or cloud services within an organisation including managers, team leads, devs and others. This is not a technical course.

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