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Web Security Essentials

The vulnerabilities that account for the overwhelming majority of real breaches, explained from first principles, with the specific code changes that fix each one.

9 Hours4 LessonsIntermediate → Advanced

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Curriculum

A complete, practical progression.

Work through 4 lessons across a structured 9 hour course designed around practical application.

01

Injection

The vulnerability class that has topped the OWASP list for over a decade.

  • 1.1SQL injection2h 15m
  • 1.2Cross-site scripting2h 15m
02

Authentication and session management

Passwords, sessions, and the attacks that target them.

  • 2.1Passwords and sessions2h 30m
03

Web controls and headers

CSRF, CORS, and the headers that limit what an attack can do.

  • 3.1CSRF, CORS and security headers2h

What students will learn

  • Stop injection attacks at the query, template and command layers
  • Store passwords correctly and manage sessions safely
  • Apply authorization checks that cannot be bypassed from the client
  • Set the security headers that block whole classes of attack
  • Know what OWASP says and where to look it up

Technologies and skills covered

SecurityXSSCSRFAuthenticationHeaders

Course requirements

  • Comfortable building a Node or Express API
  • Working knowledge of SQL and HTTP
  • Some front-end JavaScript

Projects

Course projects and outcomes.

Complete focused builds that connect individual lessons into demonstrable development workflows.

Build 01

Hardened Auth

Rebuild a login system with Argon2id hashing, rotating sessions and server-side authorization checks.

Build 02

Injection Audit

Find and fix every injection vector in a sample application, then verify the fixes with tests.

Who this course is for

Full-stack developers who now handle production systems
Anyone who has to pass a security review or a client security questionnaire

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Course FAQ

Common questions

Yes. The Full-Stack Web Development Bootcamp and the Web Development Freelancing course both start from absolute first principles and assume no prior coding experience. The AI-Powered Web Development course is written for developers who already ship code, and states its prerequisites on the course page before you buy.

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The vulnerabilities that account for the overwhelming majority of real breaches, explained from first principles, with the specific code changes that fix each one.