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Web Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite

Want to learn how to use Burp beyond just the capture of requests and responses? This course helps get you up and running quickly to take advantage of all the functionality in the Burp Suite.

Dr. Sunny Wear - Pluralsight course - Web Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite
by Dr. Sunny Wear

What you'll learn

In this course, Web Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite, you will learn hands-on techniques for attacking web applications and web services using the Burp Suite penetration testing tool. This course is designed to expand your knowledge of the Burp Suite beyond just capturing requests and responses. First, you'll learn about scoping your target application properly. Next, you'll spend some time scanning to trigger potential security vulnerabilities in your target, then digging deep into the results to validate your findings. Finally, you'll wrap up by leaning how to properly report your results to your audience. By the end this course, you'll know how to perform all of these techniques at a comfortable and efficient level to better perform your job as a pen tester.

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About the author

Dr. Sunny Wear - Pluralsight course - Web Application Penetration Testing with Burp Suite
Dr. Sunny Wear

Sunny Wear, D.Sc., is an Application Security Architect and Web Application Penetration Tester. Her breadth of experience includes network, data, application and security architecture as well as programming across multiple languages and platforms. She holds a Doctor of Science in Cybersecurity and is the author of several security-related books including her most recent, Burp Suite Cookbook.

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