SANS CyberTalent Assessments: Application Security
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Content Areas Assessed & Application Security Domains

SANS Assessments are delivered through a web-based tool. There are 30 questions and users have 60 minutes to complete the Assessment. Online reports summarize each user’s results in detail. Application Security Assessments are $150 each with a minimum purchase of 25 total assessments. NOTE: The assessment will contain code samples in many languages including C, PHP, Java, .Net, and SQL. Primary platform aside, SANS believes a person specializing in application security should be able to spot core security flaws in any common language they are likely to encounter.
Common Web Application Attacks

Current, working knowledge of the OWASP Top 10 and mitigation techniques

Application Security Domains

The examinee will understand the details of common web application attacks.

Web Application Architecture Security
  • Knowledge of web application architecture
  • Familiarity with design considerations relevant to security
  • Understanding of common design flaws and mitigation

Web Application Architecture Security

The examinee will understand web application architecture.

Web Technologies and Services
  • Knowledge of REST and RESTful services
  • Knowledge of AJAX services with JSON and XML
Web Technologies and Services

The examinee will understand web technologies and services including REST, Javascript, and AJAX

Secure Coding Principles and Software Development Lifecycle
  • An understanding of the SDLC and security issues.
  • Knowledge of security principles and techniques (i.e. input validation, whitelisting, data sanitization, etc...)
Secure Coding Principles and Software Development Lifecycle

The examinee will understand secure coding principles and the software development lifecycle.

Secure Coding Practice
  • Identify and mitigate security issues in Java, C, C#, PHP, Python, and SQL
Secure Coding Practice

The candidate will understand the practice of secure coding including Input Validation, Session Management, Access Control, and Authentication.