Application Security (AppSec) Courses and Certifications

AppSec Is Dead. Long Live DevSecOps!

Security expert Dr. Matias Madou, Ph.D. will demonstrate the changes the industry has faced in the journey from Waterfall to DevSecOps, as well as reveal how you, the developer, can become a powerful piece of the DevSecOps pipeline.

• Pluralsight
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Improve Your Application Security Testing Skills

The demand for application security professionals continues to grow as more and more apps make their way online. Begin your path toward becoming an application security professional by building a solid foundation in application security testing.

• LinkedIn Learning
• 16 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Salesforce

Get Started with Application Security

Learn the fundamentals of protecting applications to prepare for a career as an application security engineer.

• Trailhead
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Data Science Dojo

Rapid Assessment of Service and Application Security - Application Design and Architecture

Learn to rapidly assess application security with Data Science Dojo. Understand how to identify vulnerabilities, prioritize security gaps, and evaluate design for improved security in under an hour.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Nginx

Infusing Security Into the Application Development Process

Learn to infuse security into software development with Nginx in under an hour. Explore topics like open-source application, Software Bill of Materials, vulnerability scanning, and secure coding.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Microcredential

Improve Your Application Security Testing Skills

The demand for application security professionals continues to grow as more and more apps make their way online. Begin your path toward becoming an application security professional by building a solid foundation in application security testing.

• LinkedIn Learning
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available
• 8 courses

Enterprise-Wide Application Security

Application security is a critical part of any enterprise security plan. We will be cover how to perform a threat assessment by doing threat modeling and pen testing. This course will teach mitigation and defensive strategies in an application software d…

• Udacity
• 4 weeks, 4-5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Security Engineering Fundamentals

This course introduces the fundamental concepts and practices of security engineering including basic security principles and practical applications of cryptography. You will also learn strategies to implement risk evaluation, security review, and audit.

• Udacity
• 4 weeks, 5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Application Security

In this course, you will learn the basics of secure web applications. You will start by learning about OWASP and the Top 10 list of vulnerabilities within web applications. You will also learn how to do Static code scans using special software and even h…

• Udacity
• 4 weeks, 5-6 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Infosec

Laravel: Configure, Validate, Authenticate and Authorize

To get started in this beginning course on Laravel, we will examine what prerequisites you need to get the most out of this specialization. We’ll discuss the different ways to install the Laravel framework and focus on the most secure choice. We also wil…

• Coursera
• 2 hours 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Infosec

Laravel Additional Security

This course focuses on ways to keep your Laravel database secure. It starts with supporting request and response security. First, we’ll discuss how Laravel supports semantic request verbs while still being compatible with browsers. Then, tools to protect…

• Coursera
• 2 hours 41 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Infosec

Laravel Protections

In this course, you'll take a look at how Laravel protects your database and ways you can configure it to protect your system. The Laravel database access layer has a lot of built-in protection from common attacks. However, when you need to customize fun…

• Coursera
• 1 hour 22 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Check Point Jump Start: CloudGuard Workload Protection and Application Security

Learn about cloud security challenges and Check Point's solutions in this 1-week course. Gain skills in workload protection, application security, and CloudGuard deployment.

• edX
• 1 week, 1-2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Infosec Microcredential

Secure Coding in Laravel

With Laravel, a PHP language framework, websites and apps are built faster and easier than ever before. With all of this tooling, abstraction and speed, however, it can be easy to forget or overlook security. In this course, you will learn about some of…

• Coursera
• On-Demand
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

University of New Mexico

Web Application Development: Security

Learn fundamental application-level security concepts, encryption, cryptographic systems, and how to guard against attacks with this course from the University of New Mexico.

• Coursera
• Finished
• Free Online Course (Audit)