Web Security

The Internet pervades nearly every aspect of our lives, from banking through to dating, and onto our interactions with government. As more of our lives move online we face ever greater risks to our data and way of life from internet vulnerabilities and attacks. Web Security will examine the fundamentals behind common vulnerabilities and attacks, and will introduce students to ways of mitigating the risks associated with them. It will also examine some of the ethical challenges faced when evaluating security and disclosing vulnerabilities.

• 1Identify common attack vectors
• 2Discuss mitigation strategies for common attack vectors
• 3Develop appropriate input validation and data sanitisation strategies
• 4Compare software updating strategies and their effectiveness at mitigating software vulnerabilities
• 5Explain the importance of correctly configuring software
• 6Critique options for vulnerability disclosure and the associated ethical challenges