Course abstract:
This course will focus on using open source tools to perform web application assessments. The course will take attendees through the process of application assessment using the open source tools included in the Samurai Web Testing Framework Live CD (Samurai-WTF). Day one will take students through the steps and open source tools used to assess applications for vulnerabilities. Day two will focus on the exploitation of web app vulnerabilities, spending half the day on server side attacks and the other half of the day on client side attacks. The latest tools and techniques will be use throughout the course, including several tools developed by the trainers themselves.
Justin Searle – Biography
Justin Searle, a Senior Security Analyst with InGuardians, specializes in penetration testing and security architecture. Justin currently leads the Smart Grid Architecture group of the Cybersecurity Coordination Task Group (CSCTG) for the National Institute of Standards and Technologies (NIST) and serves as a member of the Architecture Board for the Advanced Security Acceleration Project for the Smart Grid (ASAP-SG) group.
Previously, Justin served as JetBlue Airway’s IT Security Architect and has provided top-tier support for the largest supercomputers in the world. Justin has taught hacking techniques, forensics, networking, and intrusion detection courses for multiple universities and corporations.
Justin has presented at top security conferences including DEFCON, ToorCon, ShmooCon, and SANS. In his rapidly dwindling spare time, Justin co-leads prominent open source projects including The Middler, Samurai Web Testing Framework, and the social networking pentest tools: Yokoso! and Laudnum. Justin has an MBA in International Technology and is CISSP and SANS GIAC-certified in incident handling and hacker techniques (GCIH) and intrusion analysis (GCIA).
More information on the course can be found here.
Related posts: