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Secure Coding in Python

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Develop more secure Python apps. Discover how to set up a secure coding environment and explore the security features of popular Python frameworks like Django and Flask.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Developing securely
  • What you should know
  • What are secure coding, CERT, and other standards?
  • What is OWASP Top 10?
1. Setting Up
  • Installing software with due caution
  • Installing pipenv, Python, Django, Flask, and Django REST framework
  • Common vulnerabilities and exposures checks
  • A few words about encryption and injection
2. Avoiding Python Pitfalls
  • Dynamic typing with Python
  • Explicit assertions with Python
  • Don't get yourself into a Pickle
  • Challenge: Secure the end point
  • Solution: Secure the end point
3. Securing Django
  • Using a separate Python environment for isolation
  • The "batteries included" approach in Django
  • Generating new projects
  • The Django settings module, keeping secrets, and the dangers of debug mode
4. Securing a RESTful API
  • Safe serializing
  • Permissions
  • Testing and security
  • Challenge: Run the test, fix the code
  • Solution: Run the test, fix the code
5. Securing Flask
  • The challenge of securing Flask
  • Flask secrets
  • Password hashing with Flask
Conclusion
  • Next steps: Secure coding

Taught by

Ronnie Sheer

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