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Web attack prevention and defense

Web servers need constant hardening, testing and monitoring to prevent attackers from taking them down or taking them over. In this lesson, learn tactics, policies and best practices for keeping enterprise Web servers safe and secure.

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Michael Cobb is the founder and managing director of Cobweb Applications Ltd.



BROWSE SUBCATEGORIES:	Web security pre-test (1), Secure Web server installation (7), Identify and analyze Web server attacks (8), Secure Web directories and development (6), Web security final exam (1)


Web security pre-test: 1 - 1 of 1

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, "Web attack prevention and defense."


Secure Web server installation: 1 - 3 of 7

Insider's guide to IIS Web server security
In this primer, learn about IIS Web server hardening procedures, access control, security policies, and backup and recovery strategies.

Essential versus nonessential services for a Windows Web server
Use this security checklist to harden your IIS Web server.

Windows IIS server hardening checklist
Use this checklist on the job to secure your IIS server.

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Identify and analyze Web server attacks: 1 - 3 of 8

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.

Windows tools for investigating an attack
Use this list of Windows tools when investigating an attack against a Web server.

Essential fortification checklist
Use this checklist on the job to fortify your Web server.

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Secure Web directories and development: 1 - 3 of 6

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.

Developer's active content delivery checklist
Rules for developing secure dynamic content for an IIS Web server.

Spyware removal checklist
A step-by-step guide on how to remove spyware using antispyware tools including Spybot -- Search and Destroy, and HijackThis.

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Web security final exam: 1 - 1 of 1

Final exam: Web attack prevention and defense
Discover how much you've learned about Web server security with this final exam on Web attack prevention and defense.

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