Secure Software Development Lifecycle Mastery
You're under pressure. Deadlines are tight, stakeholders demand faster releases, and security can't be an afterthought-yet vulnerabilities slip through. You know one breach could damage your company’s reputation, cost millions, and stall your career. Compliance checklists and patchwork fixes aren’t enough. What you need is a systematic, repeatable, organisation-wide approach to building security in from day one. Something that doesn’t slow delivery-but makes it smarter, faster, and more resilient. Secure Software Development Lifecycle Mastery gives you exactly that. This isn’t theory. It’s a 100% actionable blueprint to transform how software is designed, developed, and deployed-with security as the core driver, not the last-minute fix. Imagine walking into your next architecture meeting with a fully scoped SDL process tailored to your tech stack, team size, and risk profile. One that aligns developers, QA, legal, and DevOps around a shared standard-proven to reduce vulnerabilities by 60–80% within the first release cycle. Like Sarah Lin, Senior Security Lead at a Fortune 500 fintech firm, who implemented the framework from this course across 14 development teams. In 90 days, her organisation cut high-severity bugs by 74% and received formal recognition from the CISO for “raising the security maturity of engineering faster than any prior initiative.” No fluff. No buzzwords. Just a step-by-step, field-tested system used by top-tier enterprises to deliver secure software at speed, with traceability, compliance, and confidence. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Self-Paced. On-Demand. Built for Real Professionals.
Join thousands of software engineers, architects, and security leads who’ve mastered the Secure Software Development Lifecycle on their own time, without disrupting their workflow. - Self-paced, immediate online access - Start the moment you enroll. No waiting for cohorts or scheduled starts.
- On-demand learning - No fixed dates, no rigid timelines. Complete the material in as little as 3 weeks or stretch it to fit your schedule. Most learners report implementing their first SDL control within 5 days of starting.
- Lifetime access - Revisit modules anytime. All future updates are included at no extra cost, ensuring your knowledge stays current with evolving threats and compliance standards.
- 24/7 global access - Learn from any device, anywhere. Fully compatible with desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers-perfect for engineers on the move.
Learn with Full Confidence and Zero Risk
You want to know this works before you invest your time and trust. We eliminate every barrier. - Hands-on instructor guidance - Receive direct support from a certified secure development practitioner with over a decade of experience deploying SDLs in regulated environments (finance, healthcare, SaaS). Real questions get real answers-within 24 hours.
- Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service - A globally recognised credential that validates your mastery of enterprise-grade secure development practices. Shareable on LinkedIn, embedded in email signatures, and valued by hiring managers in top tech firms.
- No hidden fees - One transparent price covers everything: curriculum, templates, tools, assessments, and certification. No upsells, no subscriptions.
- Payment options - Secure checkout accepts Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal.
- 30-day satisfied or fully refunded guarantee - If the course doesn’t meet your expectations, just reach out. No forms, no hassle. Your investment is protected.
This Course Works - Even If You’ve Tried Before
We know you’ve seen frameworks that look good on paper but break down in practice. This is different. This course works even if: - You’re not a security specialist-but need to lead SDL adoption in your team.
- Your developers resist “security slowing them down.”
- Your organisation lacks formal policies or dedicated AppSec staff.
- You're already using bits of an SDL but need to unify and scale it.
- You're transitioning to DevOps, CI/CD, or cloud-native development and need to modernise your approach.
After enrollment, you’ll receive a confirmation email. Your access details will be delivered separately once your course materials are prepared-ensuring a clean, error-free onboarding process. We’ve built this for people like you: engineers who don’t want flashy promises, but precision, depth, and real leverage in their work. This is your advantage-systematised.
Module 1: Foundations of Secure Software Development - Why traditional security testing fails in modern development
- The evolution of software vulnerabilities and attack surfaces
- Cost of failure: Real-world breaches caused by lifecycle gaps
- What is a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDL)?
- Core principles: Proactive, integrated, automated, measurable
- Key benefits: Reduced risk, lower remediation cost, faster compliance
- SDL vs DevSecOps: Understanding the relationship and distinctions
- Role of security champions and developer accountability
- Industry standards: OWASP, NIST, ISO/IEC 27034, BSIMM overview
- Establishing executive buy-in and organisational alignment
Module 2: Governance, Policies, and Compliance Frameworks - Creating an organisation-wide SDL policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities across teams
- Aligning SDL with ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS
- Integrating SDL into corporate risk management
- Legal and contractual obligations for secure software
- Third-party vendor and open-source compliance
- Policy enforcement mechanisms: Gates, checklists, audits
- Tracking SDL maturity with BSIMM or OWASP SAMM
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Documenting and maintaining SDL governance records
Module 3: Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment - Introduction to threat modeling: Purpose and impact
- STRIDE framework: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege
- Using DREAD for threat prioritisation
- Data flow diagramming best practices
- Attacker perspective: Thinking like a hacker
- Integrating threat modeling into design phase
- Automated threat modeling tools and templates
- Performing threat modeling in Agile and CI/CD environments
- Specialised modeling for microservices and APIs
- Documenting threats and mitigation strategies
- Review and validation techniques
- Scaling threat modeling across multiple teams
Module 4: Secure Requirements and Design - Security functional requirements (SFRs) vs non-functional
- Defining security services: Authentication, authorisation, audit, confidentiality, integrity
- Secure-by-design principles: Least privilege, fail-safe defaults, defence in depth
- Secure architecture patterns: Zero trust, principle of least astonishment
- Designing for secure data handling and encryption
- Session management and token security
- Secure API design: Input validation, rate limiting, versioning
- Threat-resistant UI/UX: Anti-clickjacking, CSRF protection
- Security in cloud-native design (containers, serverless, service mesh)
- Secure configuration management
- Architectural risk analysis techniques
- Capturing security decisions in architecture decision records (ADRs)
Module 5: Secure Coding Standards and Practices - Language-specific secure coding guidelines (Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust)
- Common coding flaws: Buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string issues
- Input validation: Whitelisting, canonicalisation, context-aware sanitisation
- Output encoding to prevent XSS
- Secure error handling and logging
- Secure use of cryptography: Key management, algorithm selection, TLS best practices
- Avoiding hardcoded secrets and credentials
- Secure memory management (especially in C/C++)
- Thread safety and concurrency issues
- Dependency hygiene and third-party library risks
- Secure file handling and path traversal prevention
- Secure deserialisation practices
- Session fixation and side-channel risks
Module 6: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding how SAST works: Source code parsing, pattern matching, data flow analysis
- Selecting the right SAST tool for your stack
- Integrating SAST into IDEs for real-time feedback
- Configuring rulesets and customising checks
- Handling false positives and tuning accuracy
- Scan frequency and timing: Pre-commit, build, pull request
- Reporting and triaging SAST findings
- Automating SAST in CI/CD pipelines
- Open-source SAST tools vs commercial solutions
- Ensuring developer adoption and usability
- Measuring SAST effectiveness: Scan coverage, time-to-fix
- Integrating SAST with issue tracking systems
Module 7: Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) - How DAST differs from SAST: Runtime analysis and black-box testing
- Scanning web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities
- Using DAST in pre-production and staging
- Automating DAST scans with tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
- Authentication-aware scanning and session handling
- Performance considerations and scan throttling
- Analysing DAST reports: Critical, high, medium severity
- Correlating DAST with SAST and SCA results
- Testing for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Scanning single-page applications and SPAs
- API security testing with DAST
- Integrating DAST into continuous deployment pipelines
- Limitations and mitigation strategies
Module 8: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Understanding open-source software risks
- Scanning dependencies with SCA tools
- Interpreting SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials)
- Managing vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
- License compliance: Avoiding GPL and copyleft risks
- Automating dependency updates and patching
- Integrating SCA into build pipelines
- Managing transitive dependencies
- Establishing acceptable risk thresholds
- Tracking dependency usage across projects
- Using OSS Index and security advisories
- Prioritising updates based on exploitability
Module 9: Secure Build and Deployment - Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Why traditional security testing fails in modern development
- The evolution of software vulnerabilities and attack surfaces
- Cost of failure: Real-world breaches caused by lifecycle gaps
- What is a Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SDL)?
- Core principles: Proactive, integrated, automated, measurable
- Key benefits: Reduced risk, lower remediation cost, faster compliance
- SDL vs DevSecOps: Understanding the relationship and distinctions
- Role of security champions and developer accountability
- Industry standards: OWASP, NIST, ISO/IEC 27034, BSIMM overview
- Establishing executive buy-in and organisational alignment
Module 2: Governance, Policies, and Compliance Frameworks - Creating an organisation-wide SDL policy
- Defining roles and responsibilities across teams
- Aligning SDL with ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI DSS
- Integrating SDL into corporate risk management
- Legal and contractual obligations for secure software
- Third-party vendor and open-source compliance
- Policy enforcement mechanisms: Gates, checklists, audits
- Tracking SDL maturity with BSIMM or OWASP SAMM
- Benchmarking against industry peers
- Documenting and maintaining SDL governance records
Module 3: Threat Modeling and Risk Assessment - Introduction to threat modeling: Purpose and impact
- STRIDE framework: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege
- Using DREAD for threat prioritisation
- Data flow diagramming best practices
- Attacker perspective: Thinking like a hacker
- Integrating threat modeling into design phase
- Automated threat modeling tools and templates
- Performing threat modeling in Agile and CI/CD environments
- Specialised modeling for microservices and APIs
- Documenting threats and mitigation strategies
- Review and validation techniques
- Scaling threat modeling across multiple teams
Module 4: Secure Requirements and Design - Security functional requirements (SFRs) vs non-functional
- Defining security services: Authentication, authorisation, audit, confidentiality, integrity
- Secure-by-design principles: Least privilege, fail-safe defaults, defence in depth
- Secure architecture patterns: Zero trust, principle of least astonishment
- Designing for secure data handling and encryption
- Session management and token security
- Secure API design: Input validation, rate limiting, versioning
- Threat-resistant UI/UX: Anti-clickjacking, CSRF protection
- Security in cloud-native design (containers, serverless, service mesh)
- Secure configuration management
- Architectural risk analysis techniques
- Capturing security decisions in architecture decision records (ADRs)
Module 5: Secure Coding Standards and Practices - Language-specific secure coding guidelines (Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust)
- Common coding flaws: Buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string issues
- Input validation: Whitelisting, canonicalisation, context-aware sanitisation
- Output encoding to prevent XSS
- Secure error handling and logging
- Secure use of cryptography: Key management, algorithm selection, TLS best practices
- Avoiding hardcoded secrets and credentials
- Secure memory management (especially in C/C++)
- Thread safety and concurrency issues
- Dependency hygiene and third-party library risks
- Secure file handling and path traversal prevention
- Secure deserialisation practices
- Session fixation and side-channel risks
Module 6: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding how SAST works: Source code parsing, pattern matching, data flow analysis
- Selecting the right SAST tool for your stack
- Integrating SAST into IDEs for real-time feedback
- Configuring rulesets and customising checks
- Handling false positives and tuning accuracy
- Scan frequency and timing: Pre-commit, build, pull request
- Reporting and triaging SAST findings
- Automating SAST in CI/CD pipelines
- Open-source SAST tools vs commercial solutions
- Ensuring developer adoption and usability
- Measuring SAST effectiveness: Scan coverage, time-to-fix
- Integrating SAST with issue tracking systems
Module 7: Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) - How DAST differs from SAST: Runtime analysis and black-box testing
- Scanning web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities
- Using DAST in pre-production and staging
- Automating DAST scans with tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
- Authentication-aware scanning and session handling
- Performance considerations and scan throttling
- Analysing DAST reports: Critical, high, medium severity
- Correlating DAST with SAST and SCA results
- Testing for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Scanning single-page applications and SPAs
- API security testing with DAST
- Integrating DAST into continuous deployment pipelines
- Limitations and mitigation strategies
Module 8: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Understanding open-source software risks
- Scanning dependencies with SCA tools
- Interpreting SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials)
- Managing vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
- License compliance: Avoiding GPL and copyleft risks
- Automating dependency updates and patching
- Integrating SCA into build pipelines
- Managing transitive dependencies
- Establishing acceptable risk thresholds
- Tracking dependency usage across projects
- Using OSS Index and security advisories
- Prioritising updates based on exploitability
Module 9: Secure Build and Deployment - Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Introduction to threat modeling: Purpose and impact
- STRIDE framework: Spoofing, Tampering, Repudiation, Information Disclosure, Denial of Service, Elevation of Privilege
- Using DREAD for threat prioritisation
- Data flow diagramming best practices
- Attacker perspective: Thinking like a hacker
- Integrating threat modeling into design phase
- Automated threat modeling tools and templates
- Performing threat modeling in Agile and CI/CD environments
- Specialised modeling for microservices and APIs
- Documenting threats and mitigation strategies
- Review and validation techniques
- Scaling threat modeling across multiple teams
Module 4: Secure Requirements and Design - Security functional requirements (SFRs) vs non-functional
- Defining security services: Authentication, authorisation, audit, confidentiality, integrity
- Secure-by-design principles: Least privilege, fail-safe defaults, defence in depth
- Secure architecture patterns: Zero trust, principle of least astonishment
- Designing for secure data handling and encryption
- Session management and token security
- Secure API design: Input validation, rate limiting, versioning
- Threat-resistant UI/UX: Anti-clickjacking, CSRF protection
- Security in cloud-native design (containers, serverless, service mesh)
- Secure configuration management
- Architectural risk analysis techniques
- Capturing security decisions in architecture decision records (ADRs)
Module 5: Secure Coding Standards and Practices - Language-specific secure coding guidelines (Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust)
- Common coding flaws: Buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string issues
- Input validation: Whitelisting, canonicalisation, context-aware sanitisation
- Output encoding to prevent XSS
- Secure error handling and logging
- Secure use of cryptography: Key management, algorithm selection, TLS best practices
- Avoiding hardcoded secrets and credentials
- Secure memory management (especially in C/C++)
- Thread safety and concurrency issues
- Dependency hygiene and third-party library risks
- Secure file handling and path traversal prevention
- Secure deserialisation practices
- Session fixation and side-channel risks
Module 6: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding how SAST works: Source code parsing, pattern matching, data flow analysis
- Selecting the right SAST tool for your stack
- Integrating SAST into IDEs for real-time feedback
- Configuring rulesets and customising checks
- Handling false positives and tuning accuracy
- Scan frequency and timing: Pre-commit, build, pull request
- Reporting and triaging SAST findings
- Automating SAST in CI/CD pipelines
- Open-source SAST tools vs commercial solutions
- Ensuring developer adoption and usability
- Measuring SAST effectiveness: Scan coverage, time-to-fix
- Integrating SAST with issue tracking systems
Module 7: Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) - How DAST differs from SAST: Runtime analysis and black-box testing
- Scanning web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities
- Using DAST in pre-production and staging
- Automating DAST scans with tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
- Authentication-aware scanning and session handling
- Performance considerations and scan throttling
- Analysing DAST reports: Critical, high, medium severity
- Correlating DAST with SAST and SCA results
- Testing for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Scanning single-page applications and SPAs
- API security testing with DAST
- Integrating DAST into continuous deployment pipelines
- Limitations and mitigation strategies
Module 8: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Understanding open-source software risks
- Scanning dependencies with SCA tools
- Interpreting SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials)
- Managing vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
- License compliance: Avoiding GPL and copyleft risks
- Automating dependency updates and patching
- Integrating SCA into build pipelines
- Managing transitive dependencies
- Establishing acceptable risk thresholds
- Tracking dependency usage across projects
- Using OSS Index and security advisories
- Prioritising updates based on exploitability
Module 9: Secure Build and Deployment - Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Language-specific secure coding guidelines (Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, Go, Rust)
- Common coding flaws: Buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string issues
- Input validation: Whitelisting, canonicalisation, context-aware sanitisation
- Output encoding to prevent XSS
- Secure error handling and logging
- Secure use of cryptography: Key management, algorithm selection, TLS best practices
- Avoiding hardcoded secrets and credentials
- Secure memory management (especially in C/C++)
- Thread safety and concurrency issues
- Dependency hygiene and third-party library risks
- Secure file handling and path traversal prevention
- Secure deserialisation practices
- Session fixation and side-channel risks
Module 6: Static Application Security Testing (SAST) - Understanding how SAST works: Source code parsing, pattern matching, data flow analysis
- Selecting the right SAST tool for your stack
- Integrating SAST into IDEs for real-time feedback
- Configuring rulesets and customising checks
- Handling false positives and tuning accuracy
- Scan frequency and timing: Pre-commit, build, pull request
- Reporting and triaging SAST findings
- Automating SAST in CI/CD pipelines
- Open-source SAST tools vs commercial solutions
- Ensuring developer adoption and usability
- Measuring SAST effectiveness: Scan coverage, time-to-fix
- Integrating SAST with issue tracking systems
Module 7: Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) - How DAST differs from SAST: Runtime analysis and black-box testing
- Scanning web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities
- Using DAST in pre-production and staging
- Automating DAST scans with tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
- Authentication-aware scanning and session handling
- Performance considerations and scan throttling
- Analysing DAST reports: Critical, high, medium severity
- Correlating DAST with SAST and SCA results
- Testing for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Scanning single-page applications and SPAs
- API security testing with DAST
- Integrating DAST into continuous deployment pipelines
- Limitations and mitigation strategies
Module 8: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Understanding open-source software risks
- Scanning dependencies with SCA tools
- Interpreting SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials)
- Managing vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
- License compliance: Avoiding GPL and copyleft risks
- Automating dependency updates and patching
- Integrating SCA into build pipelines
- Managing transitive dependencies
- Establishing acceptable risk thresholds
- Tracking dependency usage across projects
- Using OSS Index and security advisories
- Prioritising updates based on exploitability
Module 9: Secure Build and Deployment - Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- How DAST differs from SAST: Runtime analysis and black-box testing
- Scanning web applications and APIs for vulnerabilities
- Using DAST in pre-production and staging
- Automating DAST scans with tools like OWASP ZAP and Burp Suite
- Authentication-aware scanning and session handling
- Performance considerations and scan throttling
- Analysing DAST reports: Critical, high, medium severity
- Correlating DAST with SAST and SCA results
- Testing for OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities
- Scanning single-page applications and SPAs
- API security testing with DAST
- Integrating DAST into continuous deployment pipelines
- Limitations and mitigation strategies
Module 8: Software Composition Analysis (SCA) - Understanding open-source software risks
- Scanning dependencies with SCA tools
- Interpreting SBOMs (Software Bill of Materials)
- Managing vulnerabilities in third-party libraries
- License compliance: Avoiding GPL and copyleft risks
- Automating dependency updates and patching
- Integrating SCA into build pipelines
- Managing transitive dependencies
- Establishing acceptable risk thresholds
- Tracking dependency usage across projects
- Using OSS Index and security advisories
- Prioritising updates based on exploitability
Module 9: Secure Build and Deployment - Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Hardening build environments and agents
- Immutable builds and reproducible builds
- Signing artifacts and containers
- Secure configuration of CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions)
- Environment segregation: Dev, QA, Staging, Prod
- Secure secrets management in pipelines
- Automated security gates in deployment workflows
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container security: Image scanning, minimal base images, non-root users
- Serverless function hardening
- Blue-green and canary deployment security considerations
- Rollback safety and incident response preparedness
Module 10: Secure Testing and Penetration Testing - Integrating security testing into QA processes
- Writing test cases for security requirements
- Manual testing techniques for common vulnerabilities
- Engaging penetration testers: Scope, rules of engagement, deliverables
- Red team vs blue team dynamics
- Executing internal penetration tests
- Reporting and triage workflows
- Retesting and verification process
- Automating regression security tests
- Security test coverage metrics
- Performance impact of security tests
- Secure testing in microservices ecosystems
Module 11: Security in Agile and DevOps - Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Embedding security into sprints and user stories
- Security tasks in backlogs: Epics, features, acceptance criteria
- AppSec in Scrum, Kanban, SAFe
- Implementing security spikes and time-boxed investigations
- Shift-left security: Bringing checks earlier in the pipeline
- Automated security feedback loops
- Developer incentives and gamification
- Integrating security into Definition of Done
- Training developers with security mini-workshops
- Feedback mechanisms: Dashboards, metrics, alerts
- Handling security debt in Agile
- Collaborative tools for AppSec-Dev-QA alignment
Module 12: Secure Change and Configuration Management - Change control processes for secure software
- Code review with security focus
- Peer review checklists and templates
- Pull request security gates
- Version control best practices: Branching, merging, tagging
- Secure handling of configuration files
- Environment-specific configuration management
- Audit trails for changes and deployments
- Access control for configuration management systems
- Automated validation of configuration changes
- Handling emergency changes securely
- Post-change verification and monitoring
Module 13: Incident Response and Vulnerability Management - Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Creating an SDL-aligned incident response plan
- Handling discovered vulnerabilities in production
- Coordinating with CSIRT, legal, and PR teams
- Responsible disclosure processes
- CVSS scoring and severity classification
- Triaging and prioritising vulnerabilities
- Tracking fixes through development lifecycle
- Security patch management workflow
- Zero-day response procedures
- Post-incident reviews and process improvements
- Learning from near-misses and false alarms
- Integrating lessons into future SDL iterations
Module 14: Metrics, Monitoring, and Continuous Improvement - Defining KPIs for SDL effectiveness
- Measuring mean time to detect (MTTD) and mean time to remediate (MTTR)
- Tracking vulnerability density and escape rate
- Security gate pass/fail rates in pipelines
- Scan coverage across codebases
- Developer engagement metrics: Training completion, issue fixes
- Creating AppSec dashboards for leadership
- Benchmarking over time and across teams
- Using data for continuous improvement
- Annual SDL review and refresh cycle
- Feedback loops from operations and SOC
- Integrating SDL metrics into performance reviews
Module 15: Training, Culture, and Adoption - Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Designing role-specific secure coding training
- Interactive workshops and secure coding challenges
- Security awareness for non-technical stakeholders
- Creating and supporting security champions
- Mentorship and peer learning programs
- Using gamification and recognition
- Measuring training effectiveness
- Overcoming resistance to security processes
- Communicating success stories and wins
- Promoting psychological safety in AppSec reporting
- Scaling training across large organisations
- External certifications and continuous learning paths
Module 16: SDL Integration with Enterprise Systems - Integrating SDL with Jira, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps
- Mapping security tasks to project management workflows
- Linking threat models to architecture repositories
- Synchronising with ITSM and change management systems
- Connecting to SIEM and SOAR platforms
- Automating alerts and escalations
- Feeding SDL data into enterprise risk dashboards
- API integrations between security tools
- Centralised logging and audit trail aggregation
- Single sign-on and identity federation for AppSec tools
- Role-based access control across integrated systems
- Data retention and privacy compliance in integrations
Module 17: Advanced Topics in Secure Development - Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI
Module 18: Certification, Career Advancement, and Next Steps - Preparing for your Certificate of Completion assessment
- Final project: Design an SDL for a real-world application
- Submitting your workflow, documentation, and artefacts
- Receiving feedback and final certification
- Adding your Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service to LinkedIn
- Using your certification in job applications and performance reviews
- Building a personal portfolio of secure development projects
- Advancing to roles: AppSec Engineer, SDL Architect, CISO Path
- Joining professional networks: OWASP, ISACA, (ISC)²
- Continuing education: Certifications, conferences, communities
- Creating a personal SDL implementation roadmap
- Mentoring others and scaling your impact
- Staying current with emerging threats and tools
- Lifetime access renewal and update notifications
- Alumni resources and exclusive content access
- Secure development for AI/ML systems
- Data poisoning and model inversion attacks
- Securing training data pipelines
- Confidential computing and enclave-based development
- Memory-safe languages and their role in SDL
- Formal methods and correctness proofs
- Fuzz testing and evolutionary testing
- Exploit mitigation techniques: ASLR, DEP, stack canaries
- Secure firmware and embedded systems development
- IoT device security lifecycle
- Hardware-rooted trust and secure boot
- Zero-knowledge design and privacy-preserving systems
- Post-quantum cryptography readiness
- Threat modeling for adversarial AI