CFinNC

Jason Dean is presenting Intro to Securing CFML Applications and you can watch and learn for free at the CFinNC conference!

Intro to Intro to Securing CFML Applications 

This presentation will be an introduction to application security and an introduction to securing CFML applications. We will look at what it means for an application to be "Secure", we'll discuss several general principles of application security, and we'll look at some of the basic threats against our applications and countermeasures to mitigate the risk of those threats.

We'll look at topics like:
 - What is a "secure" application
 - Principle of least privilege
 - Failing securely
 - Positive security model (white-listing)
 - SQL Injection
 - Cross-Site Scripting

About Jason Dean

Jason is a Web Application Developer with the Minnesota Department of Health, in St. Paul, MN. He has been working in Information Technology for 12 years and is a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard. He manages a ColdFusion User Group at the MN Department of Health and is a board member of the Twin Cities ColdFusion User Group. He is also a conference speaker, technical writer, and blogger (http://www.12robots.com).

About CFinNC

CFinNC, a free conference held October 17-18, 2009, presents topics by internationally known speakers on ColdFusion, Flash, Flex, AIR and general web development technologies.

Organized by the Triangle Area ColdFusion User's Group, associates, and sponsors and held on Centennial Campus at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Free registration includes access to all events at CFinNC.

In this time of bad economic news and slashed training budgets, you and your team can get timely and relevant information on the world of web development. Space is limited, register today!