Course Overview
- Course Title: Information Security Crash Course: Quick Steps to Safety
- Instructor: Andrii Piatakha
- Target Audience: Developers, IT professionals, cybersecurity enthusiasts
- Prerequisites:
- Understanding of fundamental web technologies (e.g., HTTP, APIs)
- Familiarity with database concepts
- A general understanding of how software applications work (e.g., client-server architecture)
- Interest in learning secure coding practices and cybersecurity concepts
- Basic programming knowledge
Curriculum Highlights
- Key Topics Covered:
- Implementing defense-in-depth strategies
- Recognizing and mitigating common software vulnerabilities
- Preventing buffer overflow attacks
- Writing secure APIs
- Configuring secure default settings
- Responding to security breaches
- Utilizing SDLC practices
- Monitoring and auditing logs
- Employing principle of least privilege
- Securing third-party libraries
- Mitigating CSRF attacks
- Designing secure error handling and logging
- Avoiding hardcoded credentials
- Ensuring security in microservices
- Safeguarding containers and DevOps practices
- Evaluating third-party integration risks
- Configuring secure cryptographic protocols
- Implementing secure password storage
- Conducting static and dynamic code analysis
- Building threat models
- Applying patch management strategies
- Managing secrets securely
- Designing security-conscious user interfaces
- Protecting against insecure deserialization
- Establishing secure MDM policies
- Complying with data protection regulations
- Identifying phishing and social engineering tactics
- Securing legacy systems
- Performing risk assessments
- Educating team members on security best practices
- Key Skills Learned:
- General security practices
- Input validation and sanitization
- Output encoding
- Authentication and session management
- Robust authorization mechanisms
- Zero Trust and modern authentication
- Encryption basics
- Database security
- Safe file handling
- Securing communication channels
- System hardening
- Cloud security best practices
- Mobile application security
Course Format
- Duration: 7 hours on-demand video
- Format: Self-paced online course
- Resources:
- 1 article
- Access on mobile and TV
- Certificate of completion