Certificate in Application Security

Application Security

About Application Security

Application security is the process of creating, integrating, and testing security measures inside of programs to thwart risks like unauthorized access and modification.

All tasks that help development teams adopt a safe software development life cycle fall under this category. Its ultimate purpose is to enhance security procedures and, via that, to identify, address, and ideally avoid security flaws in applications.

Why is Application Security important?

Application security advantages:

• minimizes risk from internal and external sources.
• keeps companies out of the news, protecting the reputation of the brand.
• secures consumer data and fosters client trust.
• prevents the disclosure of important information.
• increases the confidence of important investors and lenders.

Who should take the Application Security Exam?

• Software developers who are interested in developing secure software.
• Security practitioners
• Software and security engineering experts
• Cyber security professionals

Application Security Certification Course Outline

1. Overview of application security
2. Concept of OWASP
3. Tools and defenses
4. Session handling
5. Threat modeling and risk rating
6. Encryption
7. Hashing
   
8. Process and frameworks
9. Scanning and testing: Security measures