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Learn to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting with Node.js

Learn how to identify and prevent different types of Cross-Site Scripting attacks in Node.js apps.

This course includes
This course includes
  • Skill level

    Intermediate
  • Time to complete

    Average based on combined completion rates — individual pacing in lessons, projects, and quizzes may vary
     
    1 hour
  • Projects

    1
  • Prerequisites

    1 course
     
    We suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Learn to Prevent Cross-Site Scripting with Node.js:
    • Learn Node.js

About this course

Identifying and preventing Cross-Site Scripting Attacks on Node.js applications is an important defense measure to prevent serious damage to systems and users. To protect a Node.js application from such vulnerability, it is important to learn how and where to identify the vulnerability and how to eradicate it to secure your system.

Skills you'll gain

  • Identify the different types of Cross-Site Scripting Attacks such as Stored XSS, Reflected XSS, and DOM-Based XSS.

  • Eradicate Cross-Site Scripting Attacks using protection strategies, data validation, and data sanitization.

Syllabus

1 lesson • 1 project • 1 quiz

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Meet the creator of the course
Sarai Fernandez
Senior Manager of Data, AI, and Security Curriculum at Codecademy
Sarai is the Senior Manager of Data, AI, and Security Curriculum at Codecademy. Sarai has a B.S. in Symbolic Systems with a Human Computer Interaction Concentration from Stanford University. While much of her technical knowledge comes from the courses she took in college, she learned Python from Codecademy!

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