Top 10 security issues and solutions – Part 1
Writing secure web applications can be challenging for various reasons, from dealing with legacy technologies and underdocumented third-party components to tight deadlines and code maintainability. But what if attackers are actively trying to breach your code right now? How vulnerable is your system to these threats?
This course will change the way you look at your code by teaching you to identify common weaknesses and their potential consequences, which hackers can exploit to attack your system. More importantly, you’ll learn best practices to protect yourself and your applications.
The course covers typical web vulnerabilities, focusing on how they impact applications across the entire stack—starting from the base environment to modern AJAX and HTML5-based frontends. The course also delves into security concerns specific to different platforms and highlights common programming mistakes to avoid. Through live practical exercises, you will gain hands-on experience that will keep you engaged while learning to write more secure code.
Writing secure code gives you a distinct advantage over your competitors and helps protect against cybercrime. The course covers the first two issues of the OWASP Top 10: Security misconfiguration, broken access control and cryptographic failures, providing you with the knowledge to safeguard your web applications effectively.
Learning outcomes
By completing this training, you will:
- Understand basic concepts of security, IT security and secure coding practices
- Identify web vulnerabilities beyond the OWASP Top 10 and learn methods to mitigate them
- Learn about XML security
- Understand client-side vulnerabilities and apply secure coding practices to prevent them
- Recognise typical coding mistakes and strategies to avoid them
- Gain insights into recent vulnerabilities in the Java framework
- Access additional resources and readings on secure coding practices to continue learning
Further instructions
The training is free of charge and offered as self-paced e-learning available on demand (duration: approximately 2.5 hours) from April 2025 to October 2025.
To move forward in this e-learning course, watch each video completely before starting the next lesson. The system is designed to track your progress and will only unlock the subsequent lessons once the current video has been completely viewed. Additionally, after completing each lesson, you must manually mark it as completed to confirm your understanding and maintain an organised learning flow. These steps are crucial for ensuring a seamless and effective learning experience.
Enjoy the training!
