Access Control in Android Course

You have learned many ways to protect data. You can now expand your security efforts by controlling access to the device and the app.

3 hours, 13 minutes

Course description

Access control is one of the most basic security mechanisms you can implement on a device or in the app itself. Good access control reduces the initial risk of attack or accident. In this course, you will learn about authentication and authorization. You will utilize Android's strongest authentication mechanisms, including two-factor, biometric and one-time password logins. You will also learn about the different authorization types and implement the most common of these in your app. You will then learn to manage risks associated with IDOR and uncontrolled sessions.

Syllabus

Activity: Implementing session management

Video - 00:11:00
In this activity, we manage user sessions in our app.
Session management, Part 2

Video - 00:04:00
In this lesson, we learn how to manage network client/server sessions.
Session management

Video - 00:12:00
In this lesson, we learn how to use Shared Preferences to manage user sessions between application restarts.
Insecure direct object reference

Video - 00:06:00
In this lesson, we learn about the risks of IDOR.
OAuth

Video - 00:09:00
In this lesson, we learn how to grant authorization using OAuth.
Activity: Implementing runtime permissions

Video - 00:07:00
In this activity, we grant dangerous permissions during runtime in our app.
Activity: Role-based access control

Video - 00:15:00
In this activity, we implement role-based access control in our app.
Authorization, Part 3

Video - 00:06:00
We conclude our lesson on authorization by seeing examples of granting Android permissions in both XML and Kotlin.
Authorization, Part 2

Video - 00:06:00
Continuing our lesson on authorization, we examine Android dangerous permissions and how to grant them at runtime.
Authorization

Video - 00:12:00
In this lesson, we learn about authorization, access control and Android permissions.
Two-factor authentication

Video - 00:12:00
In this lesson, we learn about two-factor authentication, one-time passcodes and Google Authenticator.
Activity: Implementing biometrics

Video - 00:12:00
In this activity, we implement fingerprint scanning to authenticate to our app.
Biometrics

Video - 00:10:00
In this lesson, we learn about biometrics and how to implement biometric authentication in our app.
Keys, tokens and secrets

Video - 00:07:00
In this lesson, we learn more about saving secrets in our app.
Activity: Signing in with Google and Facebook

Video - 00:08:00
In this activity, we implement Google and Facebook sign-in into our app.
Google sign-in

Video - 00:06:00
In this lesson, we learn about Google sign-in and how to integrate it into your app.
Activity: Implementing a password checker, Part 2

Video - 00:15:00
We continue with our password checker activity.
Activity: Implementing a password checker

Video - 00:15:00
In this activity, we implement a password checker in an app.
Authentication, Part 2

Video - 00:11:00
We continue our discussion of Android authentication types and best practices.
Authentication

Video - 00:12:00

Meet the author

Chrys Thorsen

Chrys Thorsen is a technology and education consultant with 25 years of experience. Her work has taken her around the U.S. and overseas, including as a contractor for the CDC using technology to help fight HIV/AIDS in Africa.

During her career, she has acquired 40 IT certifications, authored over 25 textbooks on a wide range of IT subjects, including secure iOS and Android coding, and created an equal number of IT-related video courses. When not working, Chrys enjoys reading scientific articles and experimenting with Internet-of-Things devices. She currently lives in Virginia with her sister, her cat and her dog which, as she describes it, "have the worst sibling rivalry imaginable."

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