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droidcon NYC '19

Best Practices for Mobile App Security Testing

In this session, Brian Reed brings forth a decade of experience in mobile forensics, pen testing, OSS tools, and automated security testing software. The session will begin with big data analysis of hundreds of thousands of apps in the Google Play Store across multiple slices of security, privacy, compliance, and the OWASP mobile top 10. After revealing the most commonly found Android issues across the dataset, Brian will drill into best practices for secure mobile app dev and pen testing with key areas to focus across development and security.

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Taught by Brian Reed, who has a decade of experience in mobile forensics, pen testing, OSS tools, and automated security testing software

Delves into the Google Play Store big data analysis of hundreds of thousands of apps across various security, privacy, compliance, and OWASP mobile top 10 domains

Provides guidance on secure mobile app development and penetration testing techniques, focusing on critical areas for development and security professionals

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Learners who complete droidcon NYC '19: Best Practices for Mobile App Security Testing will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers:

Mobile Application Security Engineer

The Mobile Application Security Engineer is tasked with making mobile apps more secure. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning and applying the lessons of this course, Mobile Application Security Engineers will be able to identify and fix security vulnerabilities in mobile apps.

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Penetration Tester

Penetration Testers actively attempt to bypass and exploit security controls in order to find and fix vulnerabilities. This course dives into best practices for secure mobile app dev and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Penetration Testers will be able to more effectively find and exploit security vulnerabilities in mobile apps.

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Security Consultant

Security Consultants provide advice and guidance to organizations on how to improve their security posture. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Security Consultants will be able to provide more effective advice and guidance to their clients on how to secure their mobile apps.

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Information Security Analyst

Information Security Analysts help organizations protect their data and systems by identifying and mitigating security risks. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Information Security Analysts will be able to more effectively identify and mitigate security risks to mobile apps.

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Security Engineer

Security Engineers design, implement, and maintain security measures to protect an organization's data and systems from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Security Engineers will be able to more effectively design, implement, and maintain security measures for mobile apps.

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Cybersecurity Analyst

Cybersecurity Analysts monitor, detect, and respond to security threats. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Cybersecurity Analysts will be able to more effectively monitor, detect, and respond to security threats to mobile apps.

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Network Security Analyst

Network Security Analysts help organizations protect their networks from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Network Security Analysts will be able to more effectively protect their organization's networks from mobile app-based threats.

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Incident Responder

Incident Responders help organizations to recover from security incidents. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Incident Responders will be able to more effectively help organizations to recover from security incidents involving mobile apps.

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Malware Analyst

Malware Analysts investigate and analyze malware to identify its purpose, behavior, and potential impact. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Malware Analysts will be able to more effectively investigate and analyze malware that targets mobile apps.

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Ethical Hacker

Ethical Hackers are hired to legally and intentionally attack computer systems to identify and fix security vulnerabilities. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Ethical Hackers will be able to more effectively identify and fix security vulnerabilities in mobile apps.

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Forensic Analyst

Forensic Analysts investigate and analyze computer systems to identify evidence of criminal activity. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Forensic Analysts will be able to more effectively investigate and analyze mobile devices for evidence of criminal activity.

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Vulnerability Researcher

Vulnerability Researchers identify and report security vulnerabilities in software and systems. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Vulnerability Researchers will be able to more effectively identify and report security vulnerabilities in mobile apps.

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Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst

Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts research and analyze cyber threats to identify patterns and trends. This course teaches best practices for secure mobile app development and pen testing with key areas to focus on across development and security. By learning these best practices, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts will be able to more effectively research and analyze cyber threats to mobile apps.

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We've selected six books that we think will supplement your learning. Use these to develop background knowledge, enrich your coursework, and gain a deeper understanding of the topics covered in droidcon NYC '19: Best Practices for Mobile App Security Testing.

CISO Survey and Report 2013

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This guide provides a comprehensive overview of mobile security testing, including topics such as threat modeling, vulnerability assessment, and penetration testing.

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Android Security Internals

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Provides a deep dive into the security architecture of Android, covering topics such as app permissions, sandboxing, and kernel security. It valuable resource for developers and security researchers who want to understand how Android protects against threats.

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Threats

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Provides a practical guide to threat modeling for mobile applications, including topics such as threat identification, risk assessment, and mitigation.

Android Hacker's Handbook

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Provides a detailed overview of Android security, including topics such as rooting, malware analysis, and exploit development.

Android Hacker's Handbook

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Android Hacker's Handbook

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Software Security Engineering

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Provides a practical guide to secure mobile development, including topics such as secure coding, threat modeling, and testing.

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Effective C

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Provides a comprehensive set of secure coding standards that can be used to develop secure software for a variety of platforms, including mobile devices.

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Provides guidance on secure mobile app development and penetration testing techniques, focusing on critical areas for development and security professionals

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