Cybersecurity for Developers and DevOps: Secure Coding and OWASP Top 10

Writing functional code is no longer enough; modern applications must be resilient against sophisticated security threats. As a developer or DevOps engineer, integrating security into your daily workflow is essential to protecting user data and system infrastructure. This text-based course guides you from cybersecurity fundamentals to practical defensive strategies, helping you build a security-first mindset. You will transition from writing standard code to architecting highly secure software. By exploring real-world vulnerability patterns and modern defensive designs, you will gain the skills needed to protect APIs, secure network communication, and proactively mitigate risks before they reach production. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational cybersecurity concepts and the core principles of the OWASP Top 10. - Prevent common application vulnerabilities such as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and XML External Entity (XXE) injections. - Configure secure communication channels using TLS and mutual TLS (mTLS) protocols. - Implement zero-trust architecture and secure API design, including gRPC protection. - Analyze web application firewall (WAF) behaviors to better defend your endpoints. - Monitor security incidents and establish robust logging and data processing practices. The course starts with essential security terminology and the basics of secure coding before progressing to infrastructure security, API protection, and real-world defense scenarios. Through clear explanations and practical code-focused examples, you will learn to think like both an attacker and a defender. This course is designed for junior developers, aspiring DevOps engineers, and IT professionals new to cybersecurity. No prior security experience is required to begin. Start building more secure, resilient software today.