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Secure Coding: Preventing Broken Access Control

Learn how to protect your code from access control issues. You will gain an understanding of how an attacker might find and attack those vulnerabilities before building defenses into your code.

Gavin Johnson-Lynn - Pluralsight course - Secure Coding: Preventing Broken Access Control
by Gavin Johnson-Lynn

What you'll learn

Broken access controls can expose information and functionality in your service to unauthorized users and is currently one of the top vulnerabilities found in software. You need to understand those vulnerabilities in order to defend against potential attackers. In this course, Secure Coding: Preventing Broken Access Control, you will gain the ability to protect your code from access control vulnerabilities. First, you will learn to understand vulnerabilities and potential attacks against them. Next, you will discover some of the key principles associated with defensive code. Finally, you will explore how to write clean, readable, defensive code. When you are finished with this course, you will have the skills and knowledge needed to protect your code from access control vulnerabilities.

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About the author

Gavin Johnson-Lynn - Pluralsight course - Secure Coding: Preventing Broken Access Control
Gavin Johnson-Lynn

Gavin is passionate about security and has an extensive background in software development in regulated environments. He currently works in a Red Team at a FTSE 100 company.

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