• Online, Self-Paced

Examine HTTP headers, including a review of the basics, the GET, POST, and HTTP methods, and HEAD. Cookies and their components, double encoding, and common characters used in web attacks are also covered.

Learning Objectives

SECOPS: HTTP Headers

  • describe HTTP headers, HTTP basics, and various methods
  • describe PUT, DELETE, TRACE, OPTIONS, CONNECT, content-type, user agent, and referrer fields in relation to HTTP headers
  • describe HTTP headers, cookies and their components, double encoding, and common characters used in web attacks

 

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Operational Planning
  • Cyber Operations
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Executive Cyber Leadership
  • Network Services

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

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