Python Security Basics: Digital Fingerprinting

Protect your code and data with Python Security Basics: Digital Fingerprinting

This course teaches you how to use Python to secure files, passwords, and systems with real-world techniques. You’ll learn by building practical tools—from generating file fingerprints to creating a duplicate file detector and even a simple antivirus scanner.

🎓 What you’ll learn:

✅ Generate digital fingerprints for files using hashing
✅ Store and verify passwords securely
✅ Understand and apply salting for stronger protection
✅ Work with different fingerprint data types
✅ Build a simple antivirus scanner in Python
✅ Create a duplicate file detector for real projects
✅ Develop a security-first mindset in Python coding

🚀 Why take this course?

Security isn’t optional—it’s essential. By learning how digital fingerprints, hashes, and salts work, you’ll not only protect your own projects but also understand the fundamentals of modern cybersecurity. These are the same concepts used in real-world authentication and malware detection systems.

📦 What’s included:

🎥 Full video course broken into clear lessons
🔐 Hands-on exercises