Course Outline
I. Introduction to Secure Coding and Web Application Security
1. The Modern Web Application Threat Landscape
- Prevalent attack vectors targeting web applications
- Security vulnerabilities inherent in contemporary ASP.NET applications
- The critical role of secure coding in the software development process
- An overview of the OWASP Foundation and its available resources
2. Principles of Secure Software Development
- Integrating security from the design phase onwards
- Implementing defense-in-depth strategies
- Adhering to the principle of least privilege
- Ensuring systems fail securely
- Establishing secure defaults
- Fundamentals of threat modeling
II. Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL)
1. The Secure Software Development Lifecycle
- Integrating security throughout the entire development lifecycle
- Defining clear security requirements
- Designing secure architecture and frameworks
- Adopting secure coding practices
- Conducting security testing and validation
- Ensuring secure deployment and ongoing maintenance
2. Risk Assessment and Threat Modeling
- Identifying key assets and potential threats
- Analyzing the attack surface
- Overview of the STRIDE threat model
- Prioritizing security risks effectively
III. OWASP Top 10 for ASP.NET Applications
1. Understanding the OWASP Top 10
- Broken Access Control
- Cryptographic Failures
- Injection Flaws
- Insecure Design
- Security Misconfiguration
- Vulnerable and Outdated Components
- Identification and Authentication Failures
- Software and Data Integrity Failures
- Security Logging and Monitoring Failures
- Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
2. Applying OWASP Recommendations
- Techniques for secure coding
- Implementation of preventive controls
- Best practices for secure configuration
- Real-world case studies and demonstrations
IV. Authentication and Authorization Security
1. Fundamentals of Authentication
- Authentication mechanisms within ASP.NET
- Password security protocols
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- Session management best practices
- Identity management strategies
2. Authorization and Access Control
- Role-based authorization
- Claims-based authorization
- Policy-based authorization
- Preventing privilege escalation
- Protecting sensitive resources
V. Preventing Injection Attacks
1. Understanding Injection Vulnerabilities
- SQL Injection
- Command Injection
- LDAP Injection
- XML Injection
- Overview of NoSQL Injection
2. Secure Coding Techniques to Mitigate Injection
- Utilizing parameterized queries
- Robust input validation
- Proper output encoding
- Security considerations for Object-Relational Mapping (ORM)
- Safe database access practices
VI. Preventing Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
1. Understanding XSS
- Stored XSS attacks
- Reflected XSS attacks
- DOM-based XSS
- Typical attack scenarios
2. Strategies for XSS Prevention
- Effective output encoding
- Rigorous input validation
- Content Security Policy (CSP)
- Secure handling of HTML and JavaScript content
- Leveraging ASP.NET security features for XSS prevention
VII. Preventing Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
1. Understanding CSRF
- Mechanisms of CSRF attacks
- Common attack scenarios
- Business impact analysis
2. CSRF Protection Measures
- Implementation of anti-forgery tokens
- Use of SameSite cookies
- Secure session management
- ASP.NET anti-forgery mechanisms
VIII. Secure Configuration of ASP.NET Applications
1. ASP.NET Security Features
- Configuration security
- Setting secure HTTP headers
- HTTPS and TLS configuration
- Secrets management
- Secure error handling protocols
2. Protecting Sensitive Data
- Data protection APIs
- Secure storage of credentials
- Fundamentals of encryption
- Key management strategies
IX. Input Validation and Secure Data Handling
1. Validating User Input
- Whitelisting versus blacklisting approaches
- Server-side validation techniques
- Considerations for client-side validation
- Security protocols for file uploads
2. Secure Data Processing
- Serialization security
- Risks associated with deserialization
- Ensuring data integrity
- Best practices for secure logging
X. Penetration Testing and Security Verification
1. Penetration Testing Methodology
- Planning security assessments
- Identifying vulnerabilities
- Concepts of exploitation
- Reporting findings effectively
2. Security Testing Techniques
- Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
- Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST)
- Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST)
- Dependency and component analysis
- Manual code review processes
XI. Securing ASP.NET Applications
1. Applying Secure Coding Practices
- Implementing secure authentication
- Implementing secure authorization
- Ensuring session security
- Effective exception handling
- Logging and monitoring strategies
- Considerations for secure deployment
2. Security Best Practices
- Adhering to secure coding standards
- Managing dependencies
- Patch management protocols
- Continuous security improvement
XII. Hands-on Security Workshop
1. Identifying and Exploiting Common Vulnerabilities
- Analyzing insecure ASP.NET code samples
- Identifying OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Understanding various attack techniques
- Evaluating application security posture
2. Remediation of Security Issues
- Applying secure coding fixes
- Validating mitigations
- Testing remediated applications
- Secure coding review exercise
XIII. Summary and Course Review
1. Review of Key Concepts
- Principles of secure design
- OWASP Top 10 mitigation strategies
- ASP.NET security features
- The secure development lifecycle
2. Final Discussion
- Best practices for secure coding
- Integrating security into development teams
- Additional OWASP resources and tools
- Q&A and next steps
Requirements
Practical experience with ASP.NET
Proven ability to develop web applications
Testimonials (5)
Introductions to the many different types of unsafe behaviors.
Zhongqi
Course - Secure Developer .NET (Inc OWASP)
having a one to one session with Raymond was amazing he was really great and attentive to all my training needs.
Joshua
Course - Secure Developer .NET (Inc OWASP)
The high level of instructor knowledge meant that we got a very good insight into the topics covered.
Dafydd - TATA Steel
Course - Secure Developer .NET (Inc OWASP)
the reference links
Abraham Gonzalez - ATEB Servicios
Course - Secure Developer .NET (Inc OWASP)
The trainer's subject knowledge was excellent, and the way the sessions were set out so that the audience could follow along with the demonstrations really helped to cement that knowledge, compared to just sitting and listening.