Web application security a beginner's guide

✍ Scribed by Liu, Vincent;Sullivan, Bryan

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc.
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional

"Get to know the hackers—or plan on getting hacked. Sullivan and Liu have created a savvy, essentials-based approach to web app security packed with immediately applicable tools for any information security practitioner sharpening his or her tools or just starting out." —Ryan McGeehan, Security Manager, Facebook, Inc.

Secure web applications from today's most devious hackers. Web Application Security: A Beginner's Guide helps you stock your security toolkit, prevent common hacks, and defend quickly against malicious attacks.

This practical resource includes chapters on authentication, authorization, and session management, along with browser, database, and file security—all supported by true stories from industry. You'll also get best practices for vulnerability detection and secure development, as well as a chapter that covers essential security fundamentals. This book's templates,...

✦ Table of Contents

Part I: PrimerChapter 1. Welcome to the Wide World of Web Application SecurityChapter 2. Security FundamentalsPart II: Web Application Security PrinciplesChapter 3. AuthenticationChapter 4. AuthorizationChapter 5. Browser Security Principles: The Same-Origin PolicyChapter 6. Browser Security Principles: Cross-Site Scripting and Cross-Site Request ForgeryChapter 7. Database Security PrinciplesChapter 8. File Security PrinciplesPart III: Secure Development and DeploymentChapter 9. Secure Development MethodologiesEpilogue: The Wizard, the Giant, and the Magic Fruit Trees: A Happy EndingIndex

✦ Subjects

Application software;Computer networks--Security measures;World Wide Web--Security measures;Computer networks -- Security measures;World Wide Web -- Security measures