Free Course Self-Paced Community Edition
Application Security
Engineer Course
A comprehensive, hands-on curriculum that builds the mindset and skills equivalent to ~2 years of real-world AppSec experience — given back to the community, completely free.
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You'll learn to
- Conduct full application security reviews end-to-end
- Perform threat modeling with STRIDE & Attack Trees
- Identify OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities in code
- Use SAST, DAST, SCA, and Burp Suite / ZAP
- Write security code reviews like a practitioner
- Build security into the SDLC from day one
Curriculum
What's Inside the Course
Six chapters taking you from security fundamentals through to real-world application security engineering — the way it's actually done in practice.
01
Introduction
2 lessons- AppSec Mindset
- Lab Setup
02
Information Security 101
3 lessons- CIA Triad
- Security Requirements
- Key Terminology
03
Development 101
3 lessons- Web App Architecture
- Frameworks
- Secure SDLC
04
Common Security Issues
9 lessons- Injection / XSS
- CSRF & SSRF
- Auth & AuthZ
- Misconfigurations
- OWASP Top 10
05
AppSec Process
6 lessons- Threat Modeling
- Code Review
- SAST / DAST
- Security Testing
06
Conclusion & Labs
2 lessons- Hands-on Lab Exercises
- Lab Report Template
Giving Back to the Community
Enroll Free — Start Learning Today
This course represents years of real-world AppSec experience distilled into a structured curriculum. We're sharing it freely because we believe security knowledge should be accessible to everyone, not just those at well-funded companies.
- Full access to all 6 chapters immediately
- Hands-on lab exercises with real-world scenarios
- Code examples in Java, Python, and JavaScript
- OWASP Top 10 deep dives with exploitation & remediation
- PortSwigger Web Security Academy lab integrations
- No expiry — access forever at your own pace