Security for Developers
Security for Developers -
an Offensive Approach
(OWASP)
In today’s digital landscape, security can no longer be an afterthought in the software development lifecycle. Our comprehensive Security for Developers training program empowers development teams to think like attackers, enabling them to build robust, secure applications from the ground up. By adopting an offensive security mindset and leveraging OWASP best practices, your developers will learn to identify vulnerabilities before malicious actors can exploit them.
Audience:
This intensive training is designed primarily for developers and software architects who want to enhance their security expertise. It’s also highly valuable for system administrators, technical managers, and CISOs seeking to understand the technical landscape of application security and foster a security-first culture within their organizations.
Objectives
Our program focuses on developing “out-of-the-box” thinking by teaching participants to view security from an offensive perspective. You’ll master best security practices while understanding the most common (and less common) attack vectors.
Most importantly, you’ll learn practical techniques to defend your applications and infrastructure against real-world threats, reducing your organization’s attack surface and protecting sensitive data.
Most importantly, you’ll learn practical techniques to defend your applications and infrastructure against real-world threats, reducing your organization’s attack surface and protecting sensitive data.
Topics
Web Penetration Testing
Gain hands-on experience with professional penetration testing methodologies. Learn how ethical hackers approach web applications, identify entry points, and exploit weaknesses. This foundational knowledge helps developers understand the attacker’s perspective and build more resilient systems.
OWASP Top Ten Web Vulnerabilities
Master the industry-standard OWASP Top 10, covering critical vulnerabilities including injection attacks, broken authentication, sensitive data exposure, XML external entities (XXE), broken access control, security misconfiguration, cross-site scripting (XSS), insecure deserialization, using components with known vulnerabilities, and insufficient logging and monitoring. Through practical exercises, you’ll learn to identify, exploit, and remediate each vulnerability type.
API Top Ten vulnerabilities
With APIs becoming the backbone of modern applications, understanding API-specific security risks is crucial. Explore the OWASP API Security Top 10, learning how to secure REST and GraphQL endpoints, implement proper authentication and authorization, and prevent common API exploitation techniques.
OWASP Top 10 Mobile Vulnerabilities
Mobile applications present unique security challenges. Discover vulnerabilities specific to iOS and Android platforms, including insecure data storage, weak cryptography, and improper platform usage. Learn to secure mobile code, protect user data, and implement secure communication channels.
HTTP Security Headers
Leverage the power of HTTP security headers to add multiple layers of defense to your web applications. Understand how Content Security Policy (CSP), Strict-Transport-Security, X-Frame-Options, and other headers protect against various attack vectors including clickjacking, MIME-type sniffing, and cross-site scripting.
JSON Web Tokens
JSON Web Tokens (JWT) are widely used for authentication and authorization in modern applications. Learn to implement JWTs securely, understand common pitfalls like weak signature algorithms and token expiration issues, and discover best practices for token storage and validation.
Secure Coding OWASP
Adopt OWASP secure coding practices that integrate security into every phase of development. Learn input validation techniques, output encoding strategies, secure session management, and proper error handling that doesn’t leak sensitive information to potential attackers.
Application Security Verification Standard (ASVS)
Explore the OWASP Application Security Verification Standard, a comprehensive framework for testing web application technical security controls. This optional module provides a structured approach to verifying that your applications meet industry security requirements.
Threat Modeling
Master systematic threat modeling techniques to identify potential security issues during the design phase. Learn frameworks like STRIDE and PASTA to proactively address threats before writing a single line of code, saving time and resources while building more secure systems.
Learning through practical examples
Throughout the training, you’ll work with intentionally vulnerable web applications, gaining hands-on experience identifying and exploiting security weaknesses. This practical approach ensures you understand not just the theory, but how vulnerabilities manifest in real code and how to fix them effectively.
With over 20 years of cybersecurity experience and having served 500+ clients, Omnient brings unparalleled expertise to developer security training. Our offensive approach ensures your team stays ahead of evolving threats, building applications that are secure by design.
With over 20 years of cybersecurity experience and having served 500+ clients, Omnient brings unparalleled expertise to developer security training. Our offensive approach ensures your team stays ahead of evolving threats, building applications that are secure by design.