Introduction on Web Security Threats



This presentation will cover a basic overview of current security threats against web applications targeting both individuals and organizations. We will review common threats, mitigation strategies, and techniques and tools to find these vulnerabilities. Time permitting, we will demo some exploits on a locally hosted web application.

Marty Blood from the Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory at Georgia Tech Research Institute joins us to discuss Web Security Threats (intro).

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Marty Blood holds a BS in Physics from Harvey Mudd College and a BS in Information Technology from DeVry University. He is currently pursuing a MS in Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has over 15 years experience developing web and other networked applications for a number of industry customers. Mr. Blood is currently a software branch head in the Secure Information Systems division of GTRI's Cyber Technology and Information Security Laboratory. His work focuses on developing secure networked applications following industry best practices and using automation in software testing.