Burp Suite topics
12 short topics in Application Security and Secure Development. Each one is a single focused exercise with a clear piece of evidence at the end.
12 topics, one exercise each.
Work through them in order, or jump to the one you need.
These are draft topic outlines (draft; instructor review pending). Full lessons follow after review; ask Ajay if you need a topic sooner.
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Application surface discovery
Inspect evidence for application surface discovery in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 03
Request and response inspection
Inspect evidence for request and response inspection in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 04
Authentication-session handling
Inspect evidence for authentication-session handling in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 05
Input and boundary test cases
Inspect evidence for input and boundary test cases in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 06
Scan configuration and exclusions
Inspect evidence for scan configuration and exclusions in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 07
Finding evidence capture
Inspect evidence for finding evidence capture in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 08
False-positive review
Inspect evidence for false-positive review in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 09
Risk-based prioritization
Inspect evidence for risk-based prioritization in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 10
Remediation handoff
Inspect evidence for remediation handoff in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 11
Retest and regression evidence
Inspect evidence for retest and regression evidence in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
Open micro-course → - 12
Report and access-data handling
Inspect evidence for report and access-data handling in Burp Suite; explain the diagnosis and verify a proposed correction in a lab. Keep the exercise bounded and record the behavior supported by the chosen version.
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