

About the expert:
Michael Cobb is the founder and managing director of Cobweb Applications Ltd.
Entrance exam: Web attack prevention and defense
Test your knowledge of Web security to see if you'd benefit from our Intrusion Defense School lesson, "Preventing Web server attacks."In this part:
Identify and analyze Web server attacks
Windows tools for investigating an attack
Use this list of Windows tools when investigating an attack against a Web server.
Web site attacks and how to defeat them
In this primer, learn how Web sites are attacked and how you can prevent yours from being victimized.Quiz: Identify and analyze Web server attacks
Test your knowledge of the material covered in the "Identify and analyze Web server attacks" section of Intrusion Defense School.Secure Web directories and development
Locking down your Web applications
In this primer, learn how dynamically created Web server content can present a risk to the server itself, and how good processes can improve the Web server security life cycle.Quiz: Secure Web directories and development
Evaluate your knowledge of Web threats and how to defeat them. Questions cover security risks of dynamically created content and proper security management.Secure Web server installation
Essential versus nonessential services for a Windows Web server
Use this security checklist to harden your IIS Web server.Insider's guide to IIS Web server security
Primer - In this primer, learn about IIS Web server hardening procedures, access control, security policies, and backup and recovery strategies.Windows IIS server hardening checklist
Use this checklist on the job to secure your IIS server.Final exam: Web attack prevention and defense
Discover how much you've learned about Web server security with this final exam on
Security Management Strategies for the CIO