MySQL is one of the most in-demand tools in the market, with major services including Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, Drupal, Joomla, phpBB, and WordPress already using it. MySQL is ideal as a data storage medium for Web Application Developers, while it is also extremely helpful for data scientists and Business Intelligence professionals, and database administrators and database developers also need it as a necessary skill. MySQL offers several security features, such as Access Control and Account Management, Encrypted Connections, Surface area configuration, access control, Authentication Plugins, Keyring Plugins, password-validation component, SELinux, Data Masking, and De-Identification. Database administrators, database security professionals, and security admins must also be trained in administering additional security measures to prevent any security disruptions. MySQL can include several security issues, including user authentication issues, improper input validation, misconfigured server access, weak passwords, poor or no encryption, human errors and extensive user privileges, which can lead to several attacks such as SQL injection, DoS, brute-force attacks, remote code execution, privilege escalation, buffer overflow and much more. 1156 disclosed security Vulnerabilities in MySQL have been registered thus far in the CVE Database. 

The course will begin with an overview/refresher of SQL. As you move along, you’ll be introduced to MySQL, while you’ll also gain an understanding of MySQL’s components and architecture. Next, you’ll learn about the potential vulnerabilities and attack vectors in MySQL, while the course will also illustrate the installation and setup process for MySQL. You’ll also gain a detailed understanding of the post-installation security measures (data directory initialization, server testing, securing MySQL account, and others), as well as how to apply password policies and password management in MySQL, and how to perform password hashing in MySQL. Moving ahead, you’ll learn how to deal with security issues in local data loading, how to handle account management in MySQL, and how to deploy access control in MySQL. Next, the course will demonstrate how to implement data encryption in transit (TLS, SSL, RSA, SSH), how to implement data encryption at rest (TLS, SSL, RSA, SSH), and how to use authentication plugins. You’ll then explore how to use the connection-control plugin, how to use the password validation component, and how to secure information storage with MySQL Keyring. You’ll also learn how to defend your MySQL database against SQL injection, how to secure your MySQL database against privilege escalation, and how to protect your MySQL database from DDoS attacks. As you continue your learning journey, you’ll learn how to ensure security of applications accessing MySQL, how to manage MySQL security on Azure (Azure Database for MySQL, Encryption, Firewall and Private IP, Microsoft Defender, Access Manager and more) and how to manage MySQL Security on AWS (AWS Secrets Manager and others). The course will also demonstrate the backup and restore process in MySQL, how to use the MySQL Enterprise Audit Feature (enterprise), and how to deploy and use the MySQL Enterprise Firewall (enterprise). You’ll also learn how to perform security monitoring with MySQL Enterprise Monitoring (enterprise) as well as some of the security errors to avoid in MySQL. The course will end with a short guide for the learners on how they can further leverage what they learned in this course by pursuing EC-Council’s Certified Cybersecurity Technician (C|CT) Certification. 

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to implement numerous security measures to protect your MySQL database from malicious actors.