Web App Vulnerability Analyst E-Learning

Secure your web applications by mastering OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities.

In today’s digital landscape, web application security is a critical skill. This training focuses on the OWASP Top 10 — the most common and dangerous security flaws in web apps. You’ll learn what they are, how to find them, and how to prevent or exploit them as part of ethical testing practices.

In this Skillsoft Aspire journey:

• Understand each OWASP Top 10 item in depth
• Learn how to identify and exploit common web app vulnerabilities
• Discover how security flaws can impact business and user trust
• Build secure-by-design applications and testing strategies
• Includes assessments, labs, mentor support, and 365-day access

Why Choose This Training?

• Based on the globally trusted OWASP standard
• Develop security awareness across development teams
• Learn through real-world labs and hands-on practice
• Suitable for developers, testers, architects, and decision-makers
• Learn at your own pace with full access for 365 days

Who Should Enroll?

This course is ideal for:

• Developers and designers aiming to write secure code
• Security professionals performing audits or penetration tests
• Architects and team leads embedding security in workflows
• Managers boosting security awareness across their organization

This Learning Kit, with more than 12 hours of online content, is divided into the following tracks:

Course content

E-learning courses (12 hours +)

OWASP Top 10: Web Application Security

Course: 1 Hour, 38 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Web Application Development
• Secure Coding
• The Open Web Application Security Project
• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy and Burp Suite
• OWASP Enterprise Security API
• Static and Dynamic Software Testing
• Running the Metasploitable Vulnerable VM
• Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing
• Performing Network Mapping with Nmap
• Vulnerability Scanning with OpenVAS
• Comparing Network Scans Using the Zenmap GUI
• Web Application Firewall
• Deploying a WAF in Microsoft Azure
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A1 - Injection

Course: 40 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Web Application Development
• Secure Coding
• The Open Web Application Security Project
• OWASP Zed Attack Proxy and Burp Suite
• OWASP Enterprise Security API
• Static and Dynamic Software Testing
• Running the Metasploitable Vulnerable VM
• Vulnerability Scanning and Penetration Testing
• Performing Network Mapping with Nmap
• Vulnerability Scanning with OpenVAS
• Comparing Network Scans Using the Zenmap GUI
• Web Application Firewall
• Deploying a WAF in Microsoft Azure
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A2 - Broken Authentication

Course: 1 Hour, 32 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Authentication and Authorization
• Broken Authentication Attacks
• Hashing Credentials
• Encrypting Credentials over the Network
• Analyzing Plain Text Transmissions Using Wireshark
• Deploying Password Policies Using Group Policy
• Cracking Web Form Passwords with Hydra
• Cracking Web Form Passwords with Burp Suite
• Cracking RDP Passwords with Hydra
• Cracking Linux User Account Passwords
• Using Deception to Steal Credentials
• Enabling User Multi-factor Authentication
• Configuring Conditional Access Policies
• Mitigating Broken Authentication Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A3 - Sensitive Data Exposure

Course: 1 Hour, 48 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Sensitive Data Exposure Attacks
• Personally Identifiable Information
• Data Privacy Security Standards
• Classifying Data with Microsoft File Server Resource Manager
• Classifying Data with Amazon Macie
• Configuring Azure Information Protection
• Hashing Files in Windows
• Hashing Files in Linux
• Encrypting Data at Rest with Encrypting File System
• Encrypting Data at Rest with Microsoft BitLocker
• PKI Certificates
• Enabling HTTPS for a Web Application
• Enabling IPsec for LAN Traffic
• Encrypting Cloud Storage with Key Vault Keys
• Mitigating Sensitive Data Exposure Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A4 - XML External Entities

Course: 32 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Extensible Markup Language
• XML External Entity Attacks
• Scanning For XXE Vulnerabilities
• Executing an XXE Attack
• Mitigating XXE Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A5 - Broken Access Control

Course: 1 Hour, 31 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Access Control Models
• Broken Access Control Attacks
• HTTP Methods
• Managing Windows File System Permissions
• Managing Linux File System Permissions
• Managing Attribute-based File System Permissions
• Assigning Code Permissions in the Cloud
• Digitally Signing PowerShell Scripts
• Identity Federation and Claims
• Executing a Directory Traversal Attack
• Acquiring Keystrokes Using a Hardware Keylogger
• Mitigating Broken Access Control Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A6 - Security Misconfiguration

Course: 1 Hour, 8 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Security Misconfiguration Attacks
• Application Containers
• Managing Containers Using Docker
• Creating and Populating a Container Registry
• Deploying a Cloud-based HTTP Container
• Hardening Security Settings Using Microsoft Group Policy
• Configuring Azure Policy for Security Compliance
• Managing Patches with Windows Server Update Services
• Mitigating Security Misconfigurations
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A7 - Cross-site Scripting

Course: 36 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Java and JavaScript in Web Applications
• Cross-site Scripting Attacks
• Executing XSS through Web Page Forms
• Compromising a Web Browser through XSS
• Mitigating XSS Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A8 - Insecure Deserialization

Course: 21 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Object-oriented Programming
• Insecure Deserialization Attacks
• Mitigating Insecure Deserialization Attacks
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities

Course: 31 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Third-party APIs and Components
• Buffer Overflows
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery Pipelines
• Viewing Vulnerable Devices Using Shodan.io
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: A10 - Insufficient Logging & Monitoring

Course: 1 Hour, 7 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Logging and Monitoring
• SIEM and SOAR
• Forwarding Log Entries Using syslog-ng
• Enabling Cloud Web Application Performance Monitoring
• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Installing the Snort IDS
• Testing Snort IDS Rules
• Analyzing Suspicious Network Traffic Using Wireshark
• Mitigating Monitoring Deficiencies
• Course Summary

OWASP Top 10: Discovering & Exploiting Web App Vulnerabilities

Course: 1 Hour, 19 Minutes

• Course Overview
• Configuring the Metasploitable2 Web App Virtual Machine
• Using nmap to Discover HTTP Hosts
• Scanning a Web Application for Vulnerabilities
• Executing a Denial of Service Attack against a Web App
• Executing a Cross-site Scripting Attack against a Web App
• Executing a Cross-site Request Forgery Attack against a Web App
• Executing a SQL Injection Attack against a Web App
• Executing a File Inclusion Attack against a Web App
• Capturing Web App Keystrokes Using a Hardware Key Logger
• Capturing HTTP Cleartext Credentials
• Spoofing HTTP Traffic Using hping
• Deploying a Cloud-based Web Application
• Course Summary

Assessment: OWASP Top 10 Mitigations

Will test your knowledge and application of the topics presented throughout the Web App Vulnerability Analyst courses.

Practice Lab: OWASP Top 10 Mitigations (estimated duration: 8 hours)

In this lab, the focus will be on discovering and exploiting web app vulnerabilities as detailed in theOWASP Top 10.

The following exercises will be performed:

• Perform vulnerability scanning using OWASP Zed Attack Proxy
• Identify active network hosts and services using nmap
• Use freely available tools to run a SQL injection attack against a web application
• Use Wireshark to view plain text credential transmissions
• Use the Hydra tool to crack web form user passwords
• Hash files using Windows commands
• Assemble fake TCP/IP packets using hping3
• Execute a denial of service (DoS) attack against a web application
• In this lab, you will have access to:
• Windows Server 2019
• Parrot OS
• Bee-box
• Wireshark
• bWAPP
• Hydra
• Hping3
• Slowloris
• Windows PowerShell