This OWASP Top 10 Essentials training is designed to help participants understand and mitigate the most critical web application security risks as defined by the OWASP Top 10. The course covers common vulnerabilities, attack techniques, secure coding practices, and defensive strategies. Participants will gain hands-on exposure to identifying, exploiting, and remediating security weaknesses to build more secure applications and strengthen organizational security posture.

• Understand the core principles, risks, and security concepts of the OWASP Foundation Top 10 for secure application development.
• Identify common web application vulnerabilities such as injection, broken authentication, and access control issues.
• Analyze security risks, attack vectors, and real-world vulnerability scenarios in modern applications.
• Implement secure coding practices, input validation, authentication, and data protection techniques.
• Perform vulnerability assessment, threat mitigation, and security testing using industry-standard approaches.
• Build secure, resilient, and compliance-ready applications using OWASP security best practices.

 • Application developers
 • QA and security testers
 • DevSecOps engineers
 • Security analysts
 • IT professionals responsible for application security

 • Basic understanding of web applications and HTTP
 • Familiarity with programming or web development is helpful
 • Interest in application security and secure development

 • Understanding OWASP Top 10 security risks
 • Identifying common web application vulnerabilities
 • Exploiting and validating security flaws safely
 • Applying secure coding practices
 • Implementing input validation and output encoding
 • Managing authentication and access control securely
 • Protecting applications from common attacks
 • Integrating security into SDLC and DevOps

By the end of this training, participants will be able to identify, exploit (in a controlled environment), and remediate the most critical OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. Learners will gain strong fundamentals in application security, enabling them to build more secure applications and reduce organizational security risks.

Introduction to Application Security & OWASP Top 10
 • Overview of application security threats
 • OWASP Top 10 framework
 • Threat modeling basics
 • Secure SDLC concepts

Injection Attacks
 • SQL injection
 • Command injection
 • LDAP injection
 • Preventing injection vulnerabilities

Broken Authentication & Session Management
 • Common authentication flaws
 • Session handling issues
 • Credential management
 • Secure authentication best practices

Sensitive Data Exposure & Cryptographic Failures
 • Data protection concepts
 • Encryption at rest and in transit
 • Key management basics
 • Avoiding cryptographic mistakes

Broken Access Control
 • Access control models
 • Insecure direct object references
 • Privilege escalation
 • Implementing proper authorization

Security Misconfiguration
 • Common misconfiguration issues
 • Secure server and application configuration
 • Hardening practices
 • Configuration management

Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
 • Reflected, stored, and DOM-based XSS
 • Exploiting XSS vulnerabilities
 • Output encoding and CSP
 • Preventing XSS attacks

Insecure Deserialization & Software Integrity Failures
 • Deserialization risks
 • Dependency and package security
 • Software supply chain risks
 • Securing third-party components

Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
 • Dependency scanning basics
 • CVE and vulnerability management
 • Patch management strategies
 • Open-source security best practices

Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
 • SSRF attack scenarios
 • Cloud metadata service risks
 • Detecting SSRF
 • Preventing SSRF vulnerabilities

Logging, Monitoring & Incident Response
 • Security logging best practices
 • Detecting attacks
 • Incident response basics
 • Security monitoring strategies

OWASP Top 10 Security Lab Workshop & Best Practices
 • Identifying vulnerabilities in sample applications
 • Exploiting and fixing common flaws
 • Applying secure coding practices
 • Final workshop review and best practices

• OWASP Top 10 Fundamentals & Application Security Concepts
• Vulnerability Identification & Threat Analysis
• Secure Coding, Authentication & Access Control
• Security Testing, Risk Mitigation & Compliance
• End-to-End Secure Application Assessment Project

Participants will be evaluated through hands-on security labs, practical vulnerability identification and remediation exercises, instructor-led reviews, and a final assessment focused on applying OWASP Top 10 mitigation techniques.

Participants will receive course materials, slides, reference materials, exercises and access to resources for further learning.

Upon successful completion of the training, participants will receive an AcadNXT Certificate of Completion for OWASP Top 10 Essentials. This digital, verifiable certification validates practical understanding of OWASP Top 10 risks, secure coding practices, and application security fundamentals and can be shared on LinkedIn and included in professional profiles to enhance application security and DevSecOps career credibility.