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Web Application Penetration Testing: Configuration and Deployment Management Testing

by Lee Allen

This course will teach you how to perform systematic penetration testing of configuration and deployment management using OWASP principles.

What you'll learn

Learn how to test the deployed configuration that your applications are released on. In this course, Web Application Penetration Testing: Configuration and Deployment Management Testing, you'll learn how to perform systematic configuration and deployment management testing to ensure that misconfigurations, or mistakes made during application deployment, do not provide opportunities for attackers to compromise infrastructures or applications. First, you'll discover how to validate network and infrastructure configuration. Next, you'll explore testing the platform that applications are deployed upon. Then, you'll learn how to ensure that backup configurations and administrative interfaces do not open you up to attacks. Finally, you'll go through testing cross-domain policies for rich internet applications. By the end of this course, you'll have an understanding of how OWASP testing principles can be leveraged to systematically test configuration and deployment management.

Table of contents

Course Overview
2mins
Validating HTTP Strict Transport Security Headers (HSTS)
7mins

About the author

With over two decades of experience in the security industry, Lee is a seasoned professional with a proven track record of delivering top-notch security services to a diverse range of organizations. From Internet Service Providers and computer manufacturers to global pharmaceutical companies, public universities, and a major bank, Lee has worked with some of the biggest names in the industry. With experience as a leader of the penetration testing team at a large bank, Lee has developed deep expe... more

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