Mastering OWASP Top 10 for Secure Web Development
You’re a developer, architect, or security-minded engineer who knows that one security oversight can bring an entire system down. A single vulnerability in your code isn’t just a bug-it could be the entry point for a breach that costs millions, destroys trust, and ends careers. The pressure is real. You’re expected to deliver fast, clean, functional code-but also impenetrable security. And yet, the OWASP Top 10 keeps evolving, attack vectors grow more sophisticated, and the gap between “secure enough” and “actually secure” widens every day. You don’t need theory. You need a battle-tested, systematic way to embed security into every line of code you write-without sacrificing speed or innovation. That’s why this course exists. Mastering OWASP Top 10 for Secure Web Development is your definitive roadmap from reactive patching to proactive, built-in security resilience. This isn’t just about understanding the Top 10. It’s about transforming how you think, design, and code-with precision frameworks, real exploit simulations, and defensive patterns that stop threats before they start. One senior full-stack developer used this methodology to eliminate 94% of critical vulnerabilities in his team’s API layer within two sprints, earning a promotion and a direct assignment to his company’s core security task force. Our learners consistently report going from feeling uncertain about basic mitigation strategies to confidently leading secure code reviews and threat modelling sessions-within weeks. They’re not just fixing bugs, they’re shaping secure development standards across their teams. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced. Always Updated. Always Accessible.
This is a fully self-paced, on-demand learning experience with immediate online access. There are no fixed schedules, no attendance requirements, and no time zones to worry about. You decide when, where, and how fast you progress-whether that’s 30 minutes a day or full immersion over a weekend. Most learners complete the core modules in 40–50 hours and begin applying defensive techniques to real projects within the first week. Because the content is structured in focused, outcome-driven units, you’ll see measurable improvements in your code quality and threat identification speed almost immediately. Lifetime Access & Continuous Updates
Once enrolled, you have lifetime access to all course materials, including all future updates. The OWASP Top 10 evolves, and so does this course. Every time new attack patterns emerge or mitigation standards shift, the content is refreshed-without additional cost to you. Your access is available 24/7 from any device, including smartphones and tablets. Whether you’re reviewing secure coding checklists on a train or running through threat simulation steps during a deployment pause, the learning goes where you go. Direct Instructor Guidance & Ongoing Support
You’re not learning in isolation. Throughout the course, you’ll have structured access to expert instructor feedback via embedded support channels. Specific code review requests, threat modelling questions, and implementation challenges are addressed with direct, actionable guidance from certified security practitioners with real-world appsec experience. This support is designed not just to answer questions, but to close skill gaps fast-so you can move confidently from concept to production-grade secure code. Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
Upon finishing all required modules and assessments, you’ll earn a globally recognised Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service. This credential is trusted across industries and has been cited in promotions, job applications, and internal compliance reviews. The certificate validates your ability to identify, analyse, and mitigate OWASP Top 10 risks with professional-grade precision-making it a powerful addition to your LinkedIn profile, CV, or internal competency portfolio. Transparent Pricing. Zero Hidden Fees.
The listed price includes full lifetime access, all updates, the certificate, and ongoing support. There are no recurring charges, add-ons, or surprise fees. What you see is exactly what you get. We accept all major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal-securely processed with bank-level encryption. 100% Risk-Free Enrollment: Satisfied or Refunded
We guarantee your satisfaction. If you complete the first three modules and feel the course isn’t delivering actionable value, we’ll issue a full refund-no questions asked. This is our promise to eliminate your risk and ensure you only keep what delivers results. What Happens After Enrollment?
After signing up, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details to the full course platform will be sent separately, once your enrollment has been fully processed and verified. This ensures a secure and personalised onboarding experience. This Course Works - Even If You’ve Tried Before
You might have skimmed OWASP documentation, attended a workshop, or read blog posts-and still feel unsure how to apply the knowledge in daily development. This course is different because it’s not about exposure. It’s about transformation. It works even if: - You’re not a security specialist but need to write secure code as part of your role
- You’ve struggled with dry, academic security content that didn’t translate to your stack
- You're time-constrained and need focused, high-leverage learning
- You work in agile environments where security is often seen as a bottleneck
This course was built by developers, for developers-and rigorously tested with DevOps engineers, backend specialists, and frontend leads across fintech, healthcare, and SaaS companies. One principal engineer at a cloud infrastructure firm used the secure coding templates from Module 5 to slash vulnerability recurrence in CI/CD pipelines by 78%, using only the provided checklists and integration workflows. Your success is built into the structure, the tools, and the guarantees. You’re not buying information. You’re investing in a proven system that turns OWASP mastery into career momentum.
Module 1: Foundations of Web Application Security - Understanding the evolving threat landscape for web applications
- Why traditional testing is not enough-shifting left with proactive security
- Core concepts: confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA triad)
- Authentication vs. authorization: common misconceptions and real-world impacts
- Security headers and their role in defence-in-depth
- Secure by default: principles of least privilege and fail-safe defaults
- Introduction to the OWASP Top 10: history, scope, and relevance
- Mapping OWASP risks to business impact and compliance frameworks
- Common attacker mindsets: how hackers think and operate
- Understanding attack surfaces in modern web architectures
- The role of dependencies and third-party libraries in security risk
- Threat agents: identifying who might target your application
- Security as a developer responsibility-breaking the it’s not my job myth
- Integrating security into Agile and DevOps workflows
- Security metrics that matter: tracking vulnerabilities, remediation time, MTTR
Module 2: Comprehensive Breakdown of OWASP Top 10 (2017 & 2021) - Differences between OWASP Top 10 2017 and 2021: what changed and why
- Ranking analysis: which risks pose the highest business impact
- Creating a personal risk matrix based on your stack and environment
- A01:2021 Broken Access Control-how it happens and how to stop it
- A02:2021 Cryptographic Failures-beyond SSL, focusing on data at rest and in transit
- A03:2021 Injection-SQL, NoSQL, OS, and LDAP injection vectors
- A04:2021 Insecure Design-flaws baked into architecture from the start
- A05:2021 Security Misconfiguration-server, framework, and cloud missteps
- A06:2021 Vulnerable and Outdated Components-automated scanning and patching
- A07:2021 Identification and Authentication Failures-password policies, MFA, session management
- A08:2021 Software and Data Integrity Failures-CI/CD integrity, deserialisation risks
- A09:2021 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures-detecting breaches in real time
- A10:2021 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)-a rising threat with cloud APIs
- Mapping legacy 2017 categories to 2021 updates for backward compatibility
- Analysing real-world breaches tied to each OWASP category
Module 3: Deep Dive into Injection Attacks and Prevention - SQL injection: manual and automated exploitation techniques
- Prevention: parameterised queries and stored procedures
- Advanced SQLi bypass methods and how to defend against them
- NoSQL injection in MongoDB, Redis, and document stores
- Command injection: OS-level execution via web inputs
- LDAP injection: manipulating directory queries for privilege escalation
- Expression Language (EL) injection in Java frameworks
- Using static analysis tools to detect injection patterns pre-deployment
- Dynamic testing: simulating injection attacks in safe environments
- Context-aware output encoding for HTML, JavaScript, and URLs
- Defensive coding patterns for input validation and sanitisation
- Whitelist vs. blacklist filtering: why one always wins
- Integrating injection safeguards into form handlers and APIs
- Building reusable sanitisation libraries across your projects
- Automated test suites for regression protection against injection
Module 4: Broken Access Control in Practice - Vertical vs. horizontal privilege escalation explained
- IDOR (Insecure Direct Object References): finding and fixing them
- Enforcing role-based access control (RBAC) at the code level
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Preventing access bypass via URL manipulation or API calls
- Session fixation and token leakage risks
- Securing JWTs: signing, expiration, and storage best practices
- Testing access control with unauthenticated and low-privilege accounts
- Implementing server-side enforcement-even if the UI hides options
- Rate limiting API endpoints to prevent enumeration
- Automated access control review checklists
- Using middleware to centralise permission logic
- Audit logging for access violations and anomalies
- Securing GraphQL queries against over-fetching and introspection abuse
- Access control in microservices: managing trust between services
Module 5: Cryptographic Failures and Data Protection - Where cryptography fails: weak algorithms, poor key management
- Storing passwords securely with bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2
- Never rolling your own crypto-using proven libraries instead
- Encrypting sensitive data at rest: AES-GCM, key rotation strategies
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration best practices
- HSTS: forcing secure connections across the application
- Managing secrets in code, config files, and environment variables
- Using secret management tools like HashiCorp Vault or AWS KMS
- Client-side encryption: when and how to apply it
- Tokenisation and data masking for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- Key storage: hardware vs. software, cloud KMS integration
- Preventing accidental exposure of PII in logs and error messages
- Securing file uploads: scanning, isolation, and naming strategies
- Using cryptographic nonces and salts effectively
- Validating certificate pinning and avoiding bypass vulnerabilities
Module 6: Insecure Design and Threat Modelling - How design flaws lead to unfixable security holes
- Introducing threat modelling with the STRIDE framework
- Identifying spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS, and elevation of privilege
- Data flow diagrams for secure architecture planning
- Using attack trees to anticipate adversary behaviour
- Design patterns that minimise attack surface
- Secure default configurations in application scaffolding
- Creating secure user registration and onboarding flows
- Designing APIs with security constraints from day one
- Business logic vulnerabilities: gift card abuse, payment bypasses
- Secure error handling: avoiding information leakage
- Rate limiting and abuse prevention at the design stage
- Input validation strategy diagrams for complex forms
- Designing for auditability and forensic readiness
- Secure architecture review checklists for code leads
Module 7: Security Misconfiguration Deep Strategies - Default credentials: a top cause of breaches in cloud environments
- Securing web server configurations (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- Framework defaults: securing Spring, Django, Express, Rails
- Cloud platform risks: S3 bucket permissions, IAM roles, security groups
- Disabling unnecessary services, ports, and pages
- Securing container images: Docker hardening best practices
- Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
- Removing version headers and debug endpoints in production
- Automated configuration scanning with tools like Chef InSpec
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: scanning Terraform and CloudFormation
- Using configuration templates for repeatable secure deployments
- Environment consistency: preventing dev vs. prod mismatches
- Enforcing secure headers across all responses (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
- Automated config checklists in CI pipelines
- Monitoring for configuration drift in running systems
Module 8: Vulnerable and Outdated Components - Understanding the hidden risk of third-party libraries
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials): generating and using them
- Using dependency checkers: OWASP Dependency-Check, Snyk, Retire.js
- Interpreting CVEs and CVSS scores for risk prioritisation
- Automated alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities
- Patch management: balancing urgency and regression risk
- Minimising dependencies: the fewer, the more secure
- Locking versions and pinning dependencies in package managers
- Creating in-house component approval workflows
- Using proxies like Nexus or Artifactory to control library access
- Identifying indirect (transitive) dependencies and their risks
- Removing unused packages and legacy polyfills
- Replacing high-risk components with secure alternatives
- Building a patch readiness plan for critical libraries
- Integrating scans into pull request validation
Module 9: Authentication and Session Management - Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Understanding the evolving threat landscape for web applications
- Why traditional testing is not enough-shifting left with proactive security
- Core concepts: confidentiality, integrity, availability (CIA triad)
- Authentication vs. authorization: common misconceptions and real-world impacts
- Security headers and their role in defence-in-depth
- Secure by default: principles of least privilege and fail-safe defaults
- Introduction to the OWASP Top 10: history, scope, and relevance
- Mapping OWASP risks to business impact and compliance frameworks
- Common attacker mindsets: how hackers think and operate
- Understanding attack surfaces in modern web architectures
- The role of dependencies and third-party libraries in security risk
- Threat agents: identifying who might target your application
- Security as a developer responsibility-breaking the it’s not my job myth
- Integrating security into Agile and DevOps workflows
- Security metrics that matter: tracking vulnerabilities, remediation time, MTTR
Module 2: Comprehensive Breakdown of OWASP Top 10 (2017 & 2021) - Differences between OWASP Top 10 2017 and 2021: what changed and why
- Ranking analysis: which risks pose the highest business impact
- Creating a personal risk matrix based on your stack and environment
- A01:2021 Broken Access Control-how it happens and how to stop it
- A02:2021 Cryptographic Failures-beyond SSL, focusing on data at rest and in transit
- A03:2021 Injection-SQL, NoSQL, OS, and LDAP injection vectors
- A04:2021 Insecure Design-flaws baked into architecture from the start
- A05:2021 Security Misconfiguration-server, framework, and cloud missteps
- A06:2021 Vulnerable and Outdated Components-automated scanning and patching
- A07:2021 Identification and Authentication Failures-password policies, MFA, session management
- A08:2021 Software and Data Integrity Failures-CI/CD integrity, deserialisation risks
- A09:2021 Security Logging and Monitoring Failures-detecting breaches in real time
- A10:2021 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)-a rising threat with cloud APIs
- Mapping legacy 2017 categories to 2021 updates for backward compatibility
- Analysing real-world breaches tied to each OWASP category
Module 3: Deep Dive into Injection Attacks and Prevention - SQL injection: manual and automated exploitation techniques
- Prevention: parameterised queries and stored procedures
- Advanced SQLi bypass methods and how to defend against them
- NoSQL injection in MongoDB, Redis, and document stores
- Command injection: OS-level execution via web inputs
- LDAP injection: manipulating directory queries for privilege escalation
- Expression Language (EL) injection in Java frameworks
- Using static analysis tools to detect injection patterns pre-deployment
- Dynamic testing: simulating injection attacks in safe environments
- Context-aware output encoding for HTML, JavaScript, and URLs
- Defensive coding patterns for input validation and sanitisation
- Whitelist vs. blacklist filtering: why one always wins
- Integrating injection safeguards into form handlers and APIs
- Building reusable sanitisation libraries across your projects
- Automated test suites for regression protection against injection
Module 4: Broken Access Control in Practice - Vertical vs. horizontal privilege escalation explained
- IDOR (Insecure Direct Object References): finding and fixing them
- Enforcing role-based access control (RBAC) at the code level
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Preventing access bypass via URL manipulation or API calls
- Session fixation and token leakage risks
- Securing JWTs: signing, expiration, and storage best practices
- Testing access control with unauthenticated and low-privilege accounts
- Implementing server-side enforcement-even if the UI hides options
- Rate limiting API endpoints to prevent enumeration
- Automated access control review checklists
- Using middleware to centralise permission logic
- Audit logging for access violations and anomalies
- Securing GraphQL queries against over-fetching and introspection abuse
- Access control in microservices: managing trust between services
Module 5: Cryptographic Failures and Data Protection - Where cryptography fails: weak algorithms, poor key management
- Storing passwords securely with bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2
- Never rolling your own crypto-using proven libraries instead
- Encrypting sensitive data at rest: AES-GCM, key rotation strategies
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration best practices
- HSTS: forcing secure connections across the application
- Managing secrets in code, config files, and environment variables
- Using secret management tools like HashiCorp Vault or AWS KMS
- Client-side encryption: when and how to apply it
- Tokenisation and data masking for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- Key storage: hardware vs. software, cloud KMS integration
- Preventing accidental exposure of PII in logs and error messages
- Securing file uploads: scanning, isolation, and naming strategies
- Using cryptographic nonces and salts effectively
- Validating certificate pinning and avoiding bypass vulnerabilities
Module 6: Insecure Design and Threat Modelling - How design flaws lead to unfixable security holes
- Introducing threat modelling with the STRIDE framework
- Identifying spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS, and elevation of privilege
- Data flow diagrams for secure architecture planning
- Using attack trees to anticipate adversary behaviour
- Design patterns that minimise attack surface
- Secure default configurations in application scaffolding
- Creating secure user registration and onboarding flows
- Designing APIs with security constraints from day one
- Business logic vulnerabilities: gift card abuse, payment bypasses
- Secure error handling: avoiding information leakage
- Rate limiting and abuse prevention at the design stage
- Input validation strategy diagrams for complex forms
- Designing for auditability and forensic readiness
- Secure architecture review checklists for code leads
Module 7: Security Misconfiguration Deep Strategies - Default credentials: a top cause of breaches in cloud environments
- Securing web server configurations (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- Framework defaults: securing Spring, Django, Express, Rails
- Cloud platform risks: S3 bucket permissions, IAM roles, security groups
- Disabling unnecessary services, ports, and pages
- Securing container images: Docker hardening best practices
- Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
- Removing version headers and debug endpoints in production
- Automated configuration scanning with tools like Chef InSpec
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: scanning Terraform and CloudFormation
- Using configuration templates for repeatable secure deployments
- Environment consistency: preventing dev vs. prod mismatches
- Enforcing secure headers across all responses (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
- Automated config checklists in CI pipelines
- Monitoring for configuration drift in running systems
Module 8: Vulnerable and Outdated Components - Understanding the hidden risk of third-party libraries
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials): generating and using them
- Using dependency checkers: OWASP Dependency-Check, Snyk, Retire.js
- Interpreting CVEs and CVSS scores for risk prioritisation
- Automated alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities
- Patch management: balancing urgency and regression risk
- Minimising dependencies: the fewer, the more secure
- Locking versions and pinning dependencies in package managers
- Creating in-house component approval workflows
- Using proxies like Nexus or Artifactory to control library access
- Identifying indirect (transitive) dependencies and their risks
- Removing unused packages and legacy polyfills
- Replacing high-risk components with secure alternatives
- Building a patch readiness plan for critical libraries
- Integrating scans into pull request validation
Module 9: Authentication and Session Management - Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- SQL injection: manual and automated exploitation techniques
- Prevention: parameterised queries and stored procedures
- Advanced SQLi bypass methods and how to defend against them
- NoSQL injection in MongoDB, Redis, and document stores
- Command injection: OS-level execution via web inputs
- LDAP injection: manipulating directory queries for privilege escalation
- Expression Language (EL) injection in Java frameworks
- Using static analysis tools to detect injection patterns pre-deployment
- Dynamic testing: simulating injection attacks in safe environments
- Context-aware output encoding for HTML, JavaScript, and URLs
- Defensive coding patterns for input validation and sanitisation
- Whitelist vs. blacklist filtering: why one always wins
- Integrating injection safeguards into form handlers and APIs
- Building reusable sanitisation libraries across your projects
- Automated test suites for regression protection against injection
Module 4: Broken Access Control in Practice - Vertical vs. horizontal privilege escalation explained
- IDOR (Insecure Direct Object References): finding and fixing them
- Enforcing role-based access control (RBAC) at the code level
- Attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Preventing access bypass via URL manipulation or API calls
- Session fixation and token leakage risks
- Securing JWTs: signing, expiration, and storage best practices
- Testing access control with unauthenticated and low-privilege accounts
- Implementing server-side enforcement-even if the UI hides options
- Rate limiting API endpoints to prevent enumeration
- Automated access control review checklists
- Using middleware to centralise permission logic
- Audit logging for access violations and anomalies
- Securing GraphQL queries against over-fetching and introspection abuse
- Access control in microservices: managing trust between services
Module 5: Cryptographic Failures and Data Protection - Where cryptography fails: weak algorithms, poor key management
- Storing passwords securely with bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2
- Never rolling your own crypto-using proven libraries instead
- Encrypting sensitive data at rest: AES-GCM, key rotation strategies
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration best practices
- HSTS: forcing secure connections across the application
- Managing secrets in code, config files, and environment variables
- Using secret management tools like HashiCorp Vault or AWS KMS
- Client-side encryption: when and how to apply it
- Tokenisation and data masking for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- Key storage: hardware vs. software, cloud KMS integration
- Preventing accidental exposure of PII in logs and error messages
- Securing file uploads: scanning, isolation, and naming strategies
- Using cryptographic nonces and salts effectively
- Validating certificate pinning and avoiding bypass vulnerabilities
Module 6: Insecure Design and Threat Modelling - How design flaws lead to unfixable security holes
- Introducing threat modelling with the STRIDE framework
- Identifying spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS, and elevation of privilege
- Data flow diagrams for secure architecture planning
- Using attack trees to anticipate adversary behaviour
- Design patterns that minimise attack surface
- Secure default configurations in application scaffolding
- Creating secure user registration and onboarding flows
- Designing APIs with security constraints from day one
- Business logic vulnerabilities: gift card abuse, payment bypasses
- Secure error handling: avoiding information leakage
- Rate limiting and abuse prevention at the design stage
- Input validation strategy diagrams for complex forms
- Designing for auditability and forensic readiness
- Secure architecture review checklists for code leads
Module 7: Security Misconfiguration Deep Strategies - Default credentials: a top cause of breaches in cloud environments
- Securing web server configurations (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- Framework defaults: securing Spring, Django, Express, Rails
- Cloud platform risks: S3 bucket permissions, IAM roles, security groups
- Disabling unnecessary services, ports, and pages
- Securing container images: Docker hardening best practices
- Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
- Removing version headers and debug endpoints in production
- Automated configuration scanning with tools like Chef InSpec
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: scanning Terraform and CloudFormation
- Using configuration templates for repeatable secure deployments
- Environment consistency: preventing dev vs. prod mismatches
- Enforcing secure headers across all responses (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
- Automated config checklists in CI pipelines
- Monitoring for configuration drift in running systems
Module 8: Vulnerable and Outdated Components - Understanding the hidden risk of third-party libraries
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials): generating and using them
- Using dependency checkers: OWASP Dependency-Check, Snyk, Retire.js
- Interpreting CVEs and CVSS scores for risk prioritisation
- Automated alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities
- Patch management: balancing urgency and regression risk
- Minimising dependencies: the fewer, the more secure
- Locking versions and pinning dependencies in package managers
- Creating in-house component approval workflows
- Using proxies like Nexus or Artifactory to control library access
- Identifying indirect (transitive) dependencies and their risks
- Removing unused packages and legacy polyfills
- Replacing high-risk components with secure alternatives
- Building a patch readiness plan for critical libraries
- Integrating scans into pull request validation
Module 9: Authentication and Session Management - Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Where cryptography fails: weak algorithms, poor key management
- Storing passwords securely with bcrypt, scrypt, or Argon2
- Never rolling your own crypto-using proven libraries instead
- Encrypting sensitive data at rest: AES-GCM, key rotation strategies
- Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration best practices
- HSTS: forcing secure connections across the application
- Managing secrets in code, config files, and environment variables
- Using secret management tools like HashiCorp Vault or AWS KMS
- Client-side encryption: when and how to apply it
- Tokenisation and data masking for compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS)
- Key storage: hardware vs. software, cloud KMS integration
- Preventing accidental exposure of PII in logs and error messages
- Securing file uploads: scanning, isolation, and naming strategies
- Using cryptographic nonces and salts effectively
- Validating certificate pinning and avoiding bypass vulnerabilities
Module 6: Insecure Design and Threat Modelling - How design flaws lead to unfixable security holes
- Introducing threat modelling with the STRIDE framework
- Identifying spoofing, tampering, repudiation, information disclosure, DoS, and elevation of privilege
- Data flow diagrams for secure architecture planning
- Using attack trees to anticipate adversary behaviour
- Design patterns that minimise attack surface
- Secure default configurations in application scaffolding
- Creating secure user registration and onboarding flows
- Designing APIs with security constraints from day one
- Business logic vulnerabilities: gift card abuse, payment bypasses
- Secure error handling: avoiding information leakage
- Rate limiting and abuse prevention at the design stage
- Input validation strategy diagrams for complex forms
- Designing for auditability and forensic readiness
- Secure architecture review checklists for code leads
Module 7: Security Misconfiguration Deep Strategies - Default credentials: a top cause of breaches in cloud environments
- Securing web server configurations (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- Framework defaults: securing Spring, Django, Express, Rails
- Cloud platform risks: S3 bucket permissions, IAM roles, security groups
- Disabling unnecessary services, ports, and pages
- Securing container images: Docker hardening best practices
- Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
- Removing version headers and debug endpoints in production
- Automated configuration scanning with tools like Chef InSpec
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: scanning Terraform and CloudFormation
- Using configuration templates for repeatable secure deployments
- Environment consistency: preventing dev vs. prod mismatches
- Enforcing secure headers across all responses (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
- Automated config checklists in CI pipelines
- Monitoring for configuration drift in running systems
Module 8: Vulnerable and Outdated Components - Understanding the hidden risk of third-party libraries
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials): generating and using them
- Using dependency checkers: OWASP Dependency-Check, Snyk, Retire.js
- Interpreting CVEs and CVSS scores for risk prioritisation
- Automated alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities
- Patch management: balancing urgency and regression risk
- Minimising dependencies: the fewer, the more secure
- Locking versions and pinning dependencies in package managers
- Creating in-house component approval workflows
- Using proxies like Nexus or Artifactory to control library access
- Identifying indirect (transitive) dependencies and their risks
- Removing unused packages and legacy polyfills
- Replacing high-risk components with secure alternatives
- Building a patch readiness plan for critical libraries
- Integrating scans into pull request validation
Module 9: Authentication and Session Management - Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Default credentials: a top cause of breaches in cloud environments
- Securing web server configurations (Apache, Nginx, IIS)
- Framework defaults: securing Spring, Django, Express, Rails
- Cloud platform risks: S3 bucket permissions, IAM roles, security groups
- Disabling unnecessary services, ports, and pages
- Securing container images: Docker hardening best practices
- Kubernetes security: RBAC, network policies, pod security standards
- Removing version headers and debug endpoints in production
- Automated configuration scanning with tools like Chef InSpec
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: scanning Terraform and CloudFormation
- Using configuration templates for repeatable secure deployments
- Environment consistency: preventing dev vs. prod mismatches
- Enforcing secure headers across all responses (CSP, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
- Automated config checklists in CI pipelines
- Monitoring for configuration drift in running systems
Module 8: Vulnerable and Outdated Components - Understanding the hidden risk of third-party libraries
- SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials): generating and using them
- Using dependency checkers: OWASP Dependency-Check, Snyk, Retire.js
- Interpreting CVEs and CVSS scores for risk prioritisation
- Automated alerts for newly disclosed vulnerabilities
- Patch management: balancing urgency and regression risk
- Minimising dependencies: the fewer, the more secure
- Locking versions and pinning dependencies in package managers
- Creating in-house component approval workflows
- Using proxies like Nexus or Artifactory to control library access
- Identifying indirect (transitive) dependencies and their risks
- Removing unused packages and legacy polyfills
- Replacing high-risk components with secure alternatives
- Building a patch readiness plan for critical libraries
- Integrating scans into pull request validation
Module 9: Authentication and Session Management - Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Password policies that users can actually follow
- Secure registration: preventing enumeration and abuse
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA): TOTP, WebAuthn, and FIDO2
- Session creation: avoiding predictable session IDs
- Session timeout and re-authentication requirements
- Secure logout: destroying server-side sessions and clearing tokens
- Preventing concurrent sessions and session fixation
- Using secure cookies: HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite attributes
- OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: secure implementation patterns
- Handling password resets securely: tokens, expiration, rate limits
- Brute force protection: CAPTCHA, exponential backoff, account lockout
- Biometric authentication: risks and secure integration
- Single Sign-On (SSO) security considerations
- Account take-over prevention with behavioural analytics
- Session replication risks in distributed systems
Module 10: Software and Data Integrity Failures - Understanding deserialisation attacks: Java, .NET, Python
- Securing CI/CD pipelines against tampering
- Code signing for binaries and npm packages
- Dependency integrity: checksums, SLSA framework, supply chain levels
- Preventing malicious code injection via build tools
- Using immutable infrastructure to prevent runtime changes
- Verifying container image signatures with Notary or Cosign
- Securing webhook receivers from forged payloads
- Secure update mechanisms: signed patches and version validation
- Protecting configuration files from unauthorised modification
- Monitoring for unapproved deployment activities
- Implementing tamper-evident logging
- Using trusted execution environments (TEEs) where applicable
- Enforcing code integrity with runtime application self-protection (RASP)
- Validating source authenticity in microservices communication
Module 11: Security Logging and Monitoring - Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Why logging is a security control, not just ops
- What to log: authentication events, input validation failures, access attempts
- What not to log: passwords, tokens, PII
- Structured logging with JSON for machine readability
- Centralised log aggregation with Elasticsearch, Splunk, or Datadog
- Detecting brute force attacks through log pattern analysis
- Alerting on suspicious sequences: multiple failed logins, privilege changes
- Using correlation rules to identify complex attack chains
- Log retention policies aligned with compliance
- Protecting logs from deletion or tampering
- Immutable logging with blockchain-inspired techniques
- Integrating detection rules into SIEM systems
- Creating dashboards for real-time threat visibility
- Automated alert triage and response workflows
- Conducting post-incident log reviews to improve defences
Module 12: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) - How SSRF enables internal network access via web requests
- Exploiting URL parsers and redirects to bypass filters
- Accessing cloud metadata endpoints (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Preventing SSRF with input validation and allowlisting
- Disabling unnecessary URL fetching capabilities
- Using network segmentation to limit internal exposure
- Validating and sanitising user-supplied URLs
- Blocking loopback and RFC1918 address resolution
- Implementing timeout and response size limits
- Monitoring for unexpected internal service calls
- Container escape via SSRF: real-world examples
- Using proxy services to mediate external requests
- Testing SSRF resistance with simulated payloads
- Logging and alerting on suspicious outbound connections
- Defensive architecture: isolating URL processing components
Module 13: Hands-On Threat Simulation Labs - Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Setting up a secure, isolated lab environment
- Using Docker to run vulnerable applications (e.g., OWASP Juice Shop)
- Step-by-step exploit scenarios for each OWASP category
- Manual and automated attack execution with clear objectives
- Defensive rebuild: fixing each vulnerability with real code changes
- Comparing insecure vs. secure implementations side by side
- Introducing logic flaws to test detection skills
- Running static and dynamic analysis tools on compromised code
- Simulating breach response with code rollback and patching
- Creating before-and-after security scorecards
- Using Burp Suite Community Edition for interception and testing
- Analysing HTTP requests and responses for vulnerabilities
- Testing API endpoints for insecure data exposure
- Simulating zero-day scenarios with partial information
- Detecting stealthy, low-and-slow attacks in logs
Module 14: Integration into Development Workflows - Embedding OWASP checks into pull request templates
- Creating mandatory security review steps in code merges
- Integrating SAST tools into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., SonarQube, Semgrep)
- Setting quality gates for vulnerability thresholds
- Automated security scanning in GitHub Actions and GitLab CI
- Generating security reports for compliance and audit purposes
- Onboarding new developers with secure coding onboarding checklists
- Creating reusable security snippets and templates
- Running monthly security refactoring sprints
- Establishing a security champion role in development teams
- Integrating threat modelling into sprint planning
- Conducting secure code review workshops
- Using checklists for API, form, and authentication endpoints
- Automating dependency updates with Dependabot or Renovate
- Quarterly security health assessments for live applications
Module 15: Certification Preparation and Career Advancement - Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture
- Final assessment structure and format
- Reviewing all OWASP Top 10 categories with scenario-based questions
- Practising with real-world case studies and mitigation plans
- Tips for demonstrating secure coding reasoning under evaluation
- How to present your Certificate of Completion effectively
- Adding your certification to LinkedIn, GitHub, and resumes
- Using the credential in salary negotiations and promotions
- Preparing for technical interviews with security focus
- Transitioning from developer to secure code reviewer or AppSec specialist
- Contributing to open-source security tools and documentation
- Joining OWASP chapters and local security communities
- Continuing education paths: CISSP, CEH, OSCP
- Building a personal portfolio of secure code samples
- Writing blog posts or internal guides to showcase expertise
- Next steps: mastering penetration testing, bug bounties, or security architecture