Secure Your APIs: OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities Explained

In today’s digital landscape, APIs are the backbone of modern applications, yet they are also prime targets for cyberattacks. This comprehensive course is crafted for developers, security professionals, and DevOps members, aiming to effectively secure APIs by understanding and implementing the OWASP API Security Top 10 vulnerabilities for both 2021 and 2023.

Throughout the course, you will dive deep into detailed analyses of these vulnerabilities, learning how to identify and mitigate security risks in API development. With practical examples in Java, you’ll gain hands-on experience in securing APIs and implementing best practices in authentication, authorization, and data protection. Understanding security vulnerabilities is essential in preventing potential attacks, and this course takes a pragmatic approach to apply security techniques to real-world projects.

Whether you’re a Java developer looking to enhance your API security skills, a security professional eager to broaden your understanding of API defenses, or anyone interested in mastering API security concepts, this course equips you with a solid foundation in API security, empowering you to protect your applications against cyber threats. Dive in now and transform into an API security expert!

What you will learn:

• Detailed analysis of the OWASP API Security Top 10 (2021 & 2023) vulnerabilities
• How to identify and mitigate security risks in API development
• Implementing best practices in authentication, authorization, and data protection
• Techniques to protect APIs against common attacks such as injection, data leaks, and insecure configurations
• Understanding API security fundamentals and their importance in modern applications
• Applying Zero Trust principles in API protection
• Securely implementing OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, and JWT
• Detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities like Broken Authentication and Broken Access Control
• Correctly configuring security headers and CORS policies
• Protecting APIs against DDoS and excessive resource consumption attacks
• Using security scanning tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
• Implementing security logging and monitoring to detect threats in real-time
• Ensuring data integrity with hashing and encryption techniques
• Designing secure API architectures with DevSecOps and secure CI/CD

Course Content:

• Sections: 3
• Lectures: 40
• Duration: 12h 21m

Requirements:

• Basic knowledge of APIs and web development
• Familiarity with HTTP methods, request/response structure, and RESTful APIs
• Willingness to learn and apply secure coding practices
• No prior cybersecurity experience required, but it will be helpful.

Who is it for?

• Security professionals looking to expand their knowledge of vulnerabilities and defenses in APIs
• DevOps engineers needing to integrate security best practices in API development and deployment
• Software architects responsible for designing secure API architectures
• Pentesters and ethical hackers interested in testing API security
• IT professionals wanting to understand and mitigate security risks in APIs
• Students and beginners looking to build a solid foundation in API security
• Anyone interested in cybersecurity who wants to learn to protect modern applications based on APIs.

What are you waiting for to get started?

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