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I. Introduction to Secure Coding and Web Application Security

1. Modern Web Application Threat Landscape

  • Common vectors for web application attacks
  • Security risks associated with modern ASP.NET applications
  • The importance of secure coding in software development
  • An overview of the OWASP Foundation and its resources

2. Principles of Secure Software Development

  • Security by design
  • Defense in depth
  • Principle of least privilege
  • Failing securely
  • Establishing secure defaults
  • Fundamentals of threat modeling

II. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)

1. Secure Software Development Lifecycle

  • Integrating security throughout the development lifecycle
  • Defining security requirements
  • Designing secure architectures
  • Adopting secure coding practices
  • Conducting security testing and validation
  • Ensuring secure deployment and maintenance

2. Risk Assessment and Threat Modeling

  • Identifying assets and potential threats
  • Analyzing the attack surface
  • Overview of STRIDE
  • Prioritizing security risks

III. OWASP Top 10 for ASP.NET Applications

1. Understanding the OWASP Top 10

  • Broken Access Control
  • Cryptographic Failures
  • Injection
  • Insecure Design
  • Security Misconfiguration
  • Vulnerable and Outdated Components
  • Identification and Authentication Failures
  • Software and Data Integrity Failures
  • Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
  • Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

2. Applying OWASP Recommendations

  • Techniques for secure coding
  • Implementing preventive controls
  • Adopting secure configuration practices
  • Real-world examples and demonstrations

IV. Authentication and Authorization Security

1. Authentication Fundamentals

  • Authentication mechanisms within ASP.NET
  • Password security best practices
  • Multi-factor authentication
  • Session management
  • Identity management

2. Authorization and Access Control

  • Role-based authorization
  • Claims-based authorization
  • Policy-based authorization
  • Preventing privilege escalation
  • Protecting sensitive resources

V. Preventing Injection Attacks

1. Understanding Injection Vulnerabilities

  • SQL Injection
  • Command Injection
  • LDAP Injection
  • XML Injection
  • Overview of NoSQL Injection

2. Secure Coding Techniques for Prevention

  • Utilizing parameterized queries
  • Implementing input validation
  • Applying output encoding
  • Considering ORM security implications
  • Adhering to safe database access practices

VI. Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

1. Understanding XSS

  • Stored XSS
  • Reflected XSS
  • DOM-based XSS
  • Typical attack scenarios

2. Strategies for XSS Prevention

  • Output encoding
  • Input validation
  • Content Security Policy (CSP)
  • Secure handling of HTML and JavaScript
  • Leveraging ASP.NET security features for XSS prevention

VII. Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

1. Understanding CSRF

  • How CSRF attacks operate
  • Common attack scenarios
  • Business impact of CSRF

2. Implementing CSRF Protection

  • Using anti-forgery tokens
  • Configuring SameSite cookies
  • Managing sessions securely
  • Utilizing ASP.NET anti-forgery mechanisms

VIII. Secure Configuration of ASP.NET Applications

1. ASP.NET Security Features

  • Securing configuration settings
  • Implementing secure HTTP headers
  • Configuring HTTPS and TLS
  • Managing secrets securely
  • Handling errors securely

2. Protecting Sensitive Data

  • Using data protection APIs
  • Securely storing credentials
  • Fundamentals of encryption
  • Key management

IX. Input Validation and Secure Data Handling

1. Validating User Input

  • Whitelisting versus blacklisting approaches
  • Server-side validation
  • Considerations for client-side validation
  • Security of file uploads

2. Secure Data Processing

  • Serialization security
  • Risks associated with deserialization
  • Maintaining data integrity
  • Adhering to secure logging practices

X. Penetration Testing and Security Verification

1. Penetration Testing Methodology

  • Planning security assessments
  • Identifying vulnerabilities
  • Concepts of exploitation
  • Reporting findings

2. Security Testing Techniques

  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
  • Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
  • Dependency and component analysis
  • Conducting manual code reviews

XI. Securing ASP.NET Applications

1. Implementing Secure Coding Practices

  • Implementing secure authentication
  • Implementing secure authorization
  • Ensuring session security
  • Exception handling
  • Logging and monitoring
  • Considerations for secure deployment

2. Security Best Practices

  • Adhering to secure coding standards
  • Managing dependencies
  • Patch management
  • Continuous improvement of security

XII. Hands-on Security Workshop

1. Identifying and Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities

  • Analyzing insecure ASP.NET code
  • Identifying OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
  • Understanding attack techniques
  • Evaluating application security

2. Remediating Security Issues

  • Applying fixes based on secure coding principles
  • Validating mitigations
  • Testing remediated applications
  • Participating in a secure coding review exercise

XIII. Summary and Course Review

1. Review of Key Concepts

  • Principles of secure design
  • Mitigation strategies for OWASP Top 10
  • Security features within ASP.NET
  • The secure development lifecycle

2. Final Discussion

  • Best practices for secure coding
  • Incorporating security into development teams
  • Additional OWASP resources and tools
  • Q&A and next steps

Requirements

Experience with ASP.NET
Experience in developing web applications

 21 Hours

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