IT Security/Host/Application

This lesson covers application security.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the application security portion of Security+ certification include:
 * Explain the importance of application security controls and techniques.
 * Fuzzing
 * Secure coding concepts
 * Error and exception handling
 * Input validation
 * Cross-site scripting prevention
 * Cross-site Request Forgery (XSRF) prevention
 * Application configuration baseline (proper settings)
 * Application hardening
 * Application patch management
 * NoSQL databases vs. SQL databases
 * Server-side vs. Client-side validation

Multimedia

 * 1) YouTube: Fuzzing - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1
 * 2) YouTube: Secure Coding Concepts - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1
 * 3) YouTube: Application Configuration Baselining and Hardening - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1
 * 4) YouTube: Application Patch Management - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1
 * 5) YouTube: SQL and NoSQL Databases - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1
 * 6) YouTube: Server-side vs. Client-side Validation - CompTIA Security+ SY0-401: 4.1