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This course repository provides the work completed and assignments given during Web and Applications Security, taught by Professor Eastman. It includes essential information about the course, such as its description, objectives, and required materials. Please read through this document to familiarize yourself with the course content and expectations.
Students will be introduced to the foundational technologies and security principles of web-based applications. This includes communication protocols, data formatting standards, client and server-side scripting, databases programming, and interactions within a tiered-application architecture. Students will gain a perspective on the importance of web applications in the modern enterprise with a focus on security threats, common vulnerabilities, and the practical application of security controls to mitigate those risks.
Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe the components of a web system and the interaction of those components
- Construct simple applications as prototypes or samples of larger systems
- Learn where the evidence of attacks can be collected
- Analyze connectivity and performance issues in web systems, isolate issues to component level, and select appropriate measures for resolution
- Describe and analyze security issues in web systems
- Describe and analyze the networking and web protocols involved in web systems
- Analyze and design web system configurations in relation to the network infrastructure
- Describe and discuss the critical role that web systems play in an organization, both internally and externally