The main objective of this course is for students to acquire the tools and techniques necessary to perform practical security testing in various areas. Students are provided with a range of practical exercises and tasks to reinforce their skills including: monitor the Internet traffic, testing of secure applications, identification of vulnerabilities in networked and mobile/wireless applications. In addition, students will learn input validation techniques to minimise security risks, man-in-the-middle attack techniques to be able to build more secure networked applications, practical secure software testing techniques to be able to test applications for security bugs.