Overview

On this accelerated GIAC Web Application Defender (GWEB) course, you’ll gain the security knowledge and skills needed to secure web applications and their errors that lead to security problems.

In just 5 days, you’ll gain experience using tools to detect and prevent input validation flaws, cross-site scripting (XSS), and SQL injection as well as an in-depth understanding of authentication, access control, and session management, their weaknesses, and how they are best defended. You’ll also build knowledge in:

• AJAX Technologies and security strategies
• Encryption and protecting sensitive data
• Modern Application Framework issues

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the GIAC Web Application Defender exam, and achieve your GWEB certification. Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course would be suitable for:

• Application developers
• Application security analysts or managers
• Application architects
• Penetration testers who are interested in learning about defensive strategies
• Security professionals who are interested in learning about web application security
• Auditors who need to understand defensive mechanisms in web applications
• Employees of PCI compliant organizations who need to be trained to comply with PCI requirements