Creating a PortSwigger account to access Web Security Academy

In this edition, we’ve added more web security-related labs to enrich your experience with Burp Suite. To follow along and complete these labs, you must register an account with PortSwigger.

PortSwigger provides free, online web security training through Web Security Academy (https://portswigger.net/web-security). Academy consists of learning materials, hands-on labs, and practice exams. We will use some of these labs to demonstrate hacking techniques within this book.

Getting ready

Browse to the PortSwigger site (https://portswigger.net/) and look for the LOGIN button. Click the LOGIN button to navigate to the login page, which has a registration button:

Figure 1.11 – PortSwigger LOGIN button

How to do it…

Follow these steps:

1. Go to https://portswigger.net/users and select the Create account button at the bottom, next to the Log In button:

Figure 1.12 – The Create account button

2. You must provide a valid email address to receive your password for logging into the site:

Figure 1.13 – PortSwigger account creation page

You should receive the password for the account within a short amount of time.