Skip main navigation

Threat Analaysis

In this video, Paulo Silva will explain serialization (the process of turning data into an object) and why deserialization is a threat to a system.

In this video, you will learn about serialization and why deserialization is a threat to a system.

Serialization is the process of turning an object into a data format, and deserialization is the reverse process (i.e. it takes the data and rebuilds it into an object). In this video, you will learn how these two processes work and how flaws in deserialization make your system vulnerable.

This article is from the free online

Advanced Cyber Security Training: OWASP Top 10 and Web Application Fundamentals

Created by
FutureLearn - Learning For Life

Reach your personal and professional goals

Unlock access to hundreds of expert online courses and degrees from top universities and educators to gain accredited qualifications and professional CV-building certificates.

Join over 18 million learners to launch, switch or build upon your career, all at your own pace, across a wide range of topic areas.

Start Learning now