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Application Security
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Explore the history of application security and gain insights into key concepts in the field. Review the OWASP Top 10, along with best practices to mitigate common vulnerabilities. Apply essential techniques for conducting penetration testing. Perform static code scans using special software and manually test a web application. Understand methods for performing Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and interpret the test results. Write effective security reports and calculate vulnerability severity using the CVSS v3.1 standard. Communicate findings with development and QA teams to collaboratively enhance application security.
Explore the history of application security and gain insights into key concepts in the field. Review the OWASP Top 10, along with best practices to mitigate common vulnerabilities. Apply essential techniques for conducting penetration testing. Perform static code scans using special software and manually test a web application. Understand methods for performing Static Application Security Testing (SAST) and interpret the test results. Write effective security reports and calculate vulnerability severity using the CVSS v3.1 standard. Communicate findings with development and QA teams to collaboratively enhance application security.
Intermediate
4 weeks
Last Updated October 31, 2024
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Intermediate
4 weeks
Last Updated October 31, 2024
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Course Lessons
Lesson 1
Introduction to Application Security
Welcome to Application Security, but before we start let's learn a little about who I am and the history of application security.
Lesson 2
Common Web Application Vulnerabilities
In this lesson we will go over who is OWASP and talk about the OWASP Top 10 and recommendations/best practices to mediate them.
Lesson 3
Web Penetration Testing
In this lesson we will go over techniques used to conduct penetration testing on a web application.
Lesson 4
Discovery Methodologies
In this lesson we will go over Static Application Security Testing and how to read/modify them.
Lesson 5
Vulnerability Response
In this section we are going to focus on report writing and how to calculate severity using CVSS v3.1.
Lesson 6
Mitigation and Verification
We learned how to find and document all vulnerabilities, but we are not done just yet. Now we need to focus our efforts on communicating with the development and QA teams to achieve a more secure app.
Lesson 7 • Project
Vulnerable Web Application
You are hired by a startup to identify how their web application was breached, what vulnerabilities do they have, and make recommendations on how they can mitigate these vulnerabilities.
Taught By The Best

Dev Badlu
VP of Product Innovation
Dev has worked in the cybersecurity field for more than 10 years, and is now VP of Product Innovation at one of the top cybersecurity companies. His area of expertise is red team and exploit development, with a focus on active cybersecurity defense.
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