Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP

Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP: Overview & Verdict

By the end of this project, you will learn the fundamentals of how to use OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP). This tool greatly aids security professionals and penetration testers to discover vulnerabilities within web applications. You will learn how to perform a basic web app vulnerability scan, analyze the results, and generate a report of those results. This course includes steps on how to configure the browser proxy to passively scan web requests and responses by simply exploring websites. This c

Enrollment through Coursera includes the Q&A thread, where earlier students have already answered most of the questions newcomers run into.

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What you need before starting

• • A free Coursera account (takes under a minute to create)
• • A laptop, tablet or phone with a stable internet connection
• • Willingness to pause the video and repeat each exercise yourself

About Coursera

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