Security Testing – part 1 (CYRUS)

Testing plays an important role in ensuring security and robustness of web applications. A range of approaches – from high-level auditing through penetration testing to ethical hacking – can uncover vulnerabilities of various types. However, to move beyond identifying easy-to-find, low-hanging vulnerabilities, security testing should be carefully planned and properly executed.

Security testers face the challenge of finding all potential flaws to protect a system, while adversaries need only one exploitable vulnerability to compromise it. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to security testing methodologies, techniques and tools, equipping software testers with the skills needed to detect even hidden security flaws.

Course highlights:

• Learn to plan and execute security tests effectively
• Understand web application vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies through practical exercises
• Gain hands-on experience with security testing tools, including scanners, sniffers, proxy servers, fuzzing tools and static source code analysers

Learning outcomes

By completing this training, participants will:

• Understand fundamental concepts of security, IT security and secure coding
• Identify web vulnerabilities beyond the OWASP Top Ten and learn strategies to mitigate them
• Explore XML security and its role in secure applications
• Recognise client-side vulnerabilities and adopt secure coding practices to prevent them
• Understand the security concepts of web services and JSON
• Learn about denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and implement protection mechanisms
• Apply security testing approaches and methodologies effectively
• Gain practical experience in using a variety of security testing tools and techniques
• Access resources and further readings on secure coding practices to continue their learning journey

The training is free of charge and offered as self-paced e-learning available on demand from April 2025 to October 2025 as well as an online instructor-led session on the following dates with a duration of approximately 4 hours. \

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