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There's so much more to security that we
simply can't cover in a single course.
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We tried to make sure this
course to be a good overview for
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you at the absolutely basic security
steps to take for your software.
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We view this course as being more
of a dictionary or a primer for
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topics and areas to watch out for
in your own software and tools.
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Maybe you found a place or two where
you can beef up your security and
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help protect your users.
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Hopefully, you're now feel
more empowered to mitigate and
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even prevent attacks on your own data and
systems.
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So what now?
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Now, is a great time to look back at that
list of vulnerabilities from the beginning
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of the course and think of how you'd
address each one if you're not already.
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Why would someone want to gain
access to your application or data?
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What are the most likely ways
someone would gain that access?
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What data would be the most
valuable to an attacker?
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Assuming your application is compromised,
how would that impact your users?
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How would it impact your business?
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What processes would you follow
to fully recover from an attack?
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And how could someone use your
application for other illicit uses?
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Investigate stronger
more robust hashing and
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encryption libraries in your languages and
frameworks of choice.
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Also, look into how your database
can handle things like hashing,
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encryption, access control, and more.
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Usually, the more you can do inside
of your database, the better.
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Also, this might sound counterintuitive,
but relying on third party providers like
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AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud can
increase your security, too.
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Most Cloud providers also provide their
own ACLs, intrusion detection, and
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other security tools like monitoring.
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Much like using Facebook for
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authentication, you can
often get a bigger bang for
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your buck by letting someone specialized
worry about these specific areas.
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If you want to learn more about
the technologies, techniques and
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approaches that we covered in this course,
look for other courses and workshops,
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here on Treehouse about them.
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We cover subjects like authentication for
individual languages and frameworks and
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their relevant topic areas.
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If we haven't covered something you'd
like to see, be sure to reach out to us.
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You could email each teacher or
check the trailer board for
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each language, links to the board
are in the teacher's nests.
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Thank you for joining me on this
tour of basic security concerns.
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Please use the feedback buttons at the end
of this course to tell us what you thought
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of it, and future courses and
workshops that you'd like to see.
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Thanks again.
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