Authentication - Introduction

We are going to start this section by telling you that Authentication or Broken Authentication is the second most critical vulnerability as per OWASP Top 10 list.

The OWASP Top 10 is a standard awareness document for developers and web application security. It represents a broad consensus about the most critical security risks to web applications. -OWASP

You can read more about OWASP here: OWASP Top Ten

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In this section we are going to cover the most important aspects about Authentication. You'll find in here:

• The Learning Section.
• The Challenge Section.