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Introduction to Error Handling
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This video provides an introduction to the error handling course.
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Introduction to Errors
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This video covers the fundamentals of errors.
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Poor Error Handling
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This video describes how poor error handling can make an application vulnerable to attack.
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Exploiting Poor Error Handling
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This video describes how poor error handling can be exploited by an attacker.
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Error Handling Case Study
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This video describes a case study of an application that handles errors poorly.
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Handling Errors Properly
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This video describes how to handle errors properly.
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Poor Error Handling Demo
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This video demonstrates exploitation of poor error handling.
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Secure Coding – Java
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Java is a high-level, general-purpose programming language that, once compiled, can run on any Java Virtual Machine (JVM), regardless of the underlying infrastructure. Except for the Write Once, Run Anywhere (WORA) advantage, Java also provides automatic memory management, thread management, automatic garbage collection, and a powerful cross-platform library. These benefits combined have made Java one of the most preferred programming languages, especially for client-server web applications.
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Syllabus
Syllabus
Course description
Handling potential errors in code is essential to protecting against many of the attacks described in this learning path. However, developers need to maintain a careful balance between providing too much and too little information in error messages. This course describes how going too far in one direction or another can leave an application vulnerable to attack.


Meet the author
Howard Poston is a cybersecurity researcher with a background in blockchain, cryptography and malware analysis. He has a master’s degree in Cyber Operations from the Air Force Institute of Technology and two years of experience in cybersecurity research and development at Sandia National Labs. He currently works as a freelance consultant providing training and content creation for cyber and blockchain security. He can be reached by email at howard.poston@gmail.com or via his website at https://www.howardposton.com.
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