Web Security (module BTI-4203)

Goals of this course

This part of the course aims at providing a good overview of a major software security issues: Web Security.
The students will see the most dangerous web securities issues (for instance XSS, XRSF, SQL injection, ...). They know how such flows can be exploited and know how one can protect a site. They have experienced this attacks on example web sites.

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Schedule

The specialisation courses are given on Fridays in Biel, 8:20 - 11:55.
Course is taught by Kai Brünnler, Emmanuel Benoist. The following schedule represents the courses of the Fall Term 2025-2026.
Day Contents
19.09.2025 K. Bünnler
26.09.2025 K. Bünnler
03.10.2025 K. Bünnler
10.10.2025 K. Bünnler
17.10.2025 K. Bünnler
24.10.2025 K. Bünnler
31.10.2025 Injections
07.11.2025 K. Bünnler
14.11.2025 No course: Bloc week
21.11.2025 Broken Access Control
28.11.2025 Identification or Authentication Failures
05.12.2025 Cryptographic failures
12.12.2025 Cross Site Scripting
19.12.2025 Emmanuel Benoist - Other OWASP Top 10 problems
26.12.2025 No course: Weihnachtsferien / Vacances de Noel
02.01.2026 No course: Weihnachtsferien / Vacances de Noel
09.01.2026 Audit-Methodology and Risk Analysis
16.01.2026 No course: Finaltag

Evaluation

This course is part of the module BTI-4203 "Pa" module. Students will pass a written exam (120 minutes for only XML-security and Web-Security (parts taught by E. Benoist and K. Brünler)). This module gives 4 ECTS credits and is part of the Qualification Group C.
This course is also an optional module of the Master of Digital Forensics of the Unil. It counts for 3 ECTS. This module is examinated with an oral exam of 20 minutes.
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