OAuth 2.0 Authentication Protocol and Authorization Tokens for Beginners

What you'll learn

• Identifying vulnerabilities
• Hardening systems and networks
• Responding to security incidents
• Applying security best practices
• Understand network and web application security
• Understand threat modelling and attack surfaces

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Description

Learn the basics of OAuth 2.0, a popular method used to securely log in and give apps permission without sharing passwords. This beginner-friendly course explains how authorization works, what tokens are, and how modern apps use OAuth to keep user data safe.

What this course covers: OAuth 2.0 Authentication Protocol and Authorization Tokens for Beginners works through network and web application security, threat modelling and attack surfaces, security monitoring and logging and secure architecture principles.

Skills you will build: identifying vulnerabilities, hardening systems and networks and responding to security incidents.

Practical applications: securing company networks and applications, security operations (SOC) work and preparing for security roles.

Who should take this course: IT professionals, developers and students who want to build practical cybersecurity skills. No prior experience is needed — the course starts from the basics.

Learning outcomes: by the end of the course you should be able to apply network and web application security and identifying vulnerabilities to your own work or projects, and know which areas to practise next.

Requirements

• No prior experience required
• A computer or smartphone with internet access
• Time to practise each week

Your instructor

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  Meghna J. ★★★★★ 4.0/5 Sample review

  Clear structure from security monitoring and logging through to secure architecture principles. I'd like a few more practice tasks, but overall very useful. Incident response playbooks from this course are now part of our team process.

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  Anjali W. ★★★★★ 4.0/5 Sample review

  Well organised. Revisiting the security monitoring and logging part a second time really helped it click. Explained the OWASP issues with clear, safe practice examples.

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  Naveen K. ★★★★★ 4.5/5 Sample review

  OAuth 2.0 Authentication Protocol and Authorization Tokens for Beginners covered network and web application security in more depth than I expected. The pace was right for my level. The lab-style walkthroughs of common attacks were eye-opening.

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