The Information Assurance (STIG) Overview is a comprehensive two-day course that delves into the realm of Information Assurance, empowering you to enhance your cybersecurity skills, understand the essentials of STIGs, and discover cutting-edge web application security practices. This immersive experience is tailored for IT professionals, developers, project teams, technical leads, project managers, testing/QA personnel, and other key stakeholders who seek to expand their knowledge and expertise in the evolving cybersecurity landscape. The course focuses on the intricacies of best practices for design, implementation, and deployment, inspired by the diverse and powerful STIGs, ultimately helping participants become more proficient in application security.
The first half of the course covers the foundations of DISA's Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs) and learn the ethical approach to bug hunting, while exploring the language of cybersecurity and dissecting real-life case studies. Our expert instructors will guide you through the importance of respecting privacy, working with bug bounty programs, and avoiding common mistakes in the field.
The next half delves into the core principles of information security and application protection, as you learn how to identify and mitigate authentication failures, SQL injections, and cryptographic vulnerabilities. You'll gain experience with STIG walkthroughs and discover the crucial steps for securing web applications.
Throughout the course, you'll also explore the fundamentals of application security and development, including checklists, common practices, and secure development lifecycle (SDL) processes. You'll learn from recent incidents and acquire actionable strategies to strengthen your project teams and IT organizations. You'll also have the opportunity to explore asset analysis and design review methodologies to ensure your organization is prepared to face future cybersecurity challenges.
Note: For a deeper (or next-step) exploration of STIGs and Application Security attendees might consider the five-day course TT8815: Understanding and Verifying ASD STIGs
Working in an interactive learning environment, guided by our application security expert, you’ll explore:
Need different skills or topics? We offer additional cybersecurity, application security and other related topics that may be blended with this course for a track that best suits your needs. Our team will collaborate with you to understand your needs and will target the course to focus on your specific learning objectives and goals.
The intended audience for this comprehensive course on Information Assurance and STIGs includes professionals with roles such as:
While specific prerequisites may vary depending on the course provider and the targeted audience, a general set of prerequisites for attending a course on Information Assurance and STIGs could include:
Lesson: DISA's Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIGs)
Lesson: Why Hunt Bugs?
Lesson: Identification and Authentication Failures
Lesson: Injection
Lesson: Database Security
Lesson: Applications: What Next?
Lesson: Cryptographic Failures
Lesson: Application Security and Development Checklists
Lesson: Principles of Information Security
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