Android Application Assessment

Native mobile applications have become an expected part of any online service offering in today’s connected world. While often sharing technology and functionality with web applications, they present a distinct and unique set of security concerns that need to be specifically addressed.

The course covers the fundamentals of Android’s architecture and security model, the features provided to developers to help them secure corporate and personal information, and the additional measures that applications can take to provide additional security for their users.

It provides the tools and techniques required determine which protections are appropriate for a given application, and to validate that these protections are in place and effective.

The course is a mixture of presentation and hands-on exercises where you will learn the methods required to identify potential vulnerabilities in Android applications and assess their severity in context. Additional material is also available on how to identify each type of vulnerability in application code, and how it can be avoided or mitigated.