This DevSecOps program is designed to equip professionals with the skills required to integrate security seamlessly into the software development lifecycle (SDLC). The course focuses on building a secure-by-design and automation-driven culture, enabling teams to identify, remediate, and prevent vulnerabilities early in the development process.

Participants will gain hands-on experience with CI/CD security, cloud security, container security, application security testing (SAST, DAST, IAST, SCA), and security automation, aligning with industry standards such as OWASP, NIST, and Zero Trust principles.

Course Content:

📚 Course Syllabus

🔹 1. DevSecOps Fundamentals

  • Introduction to DevOps vs DevSecOps
  • Secure SDLC (Shift-left security)
  • Threat landscape and modern attack vectors

🔹 2. Application Security Basics – High Level

  • OWASP Top 10 (Web & API)
  • Secure coding practices
  • Common vulnerabilities (XSS, SQLi, IDOR, SSRF, CSRF)
  • Authentication & Authorization (OAuth, JWT)

🔹 3. Threat Modeling & Secure Design

  • Threat modeling methodologies (STRIDE)
  • Identifying attack surfaces
  • Secure architecture patterns
  • Abuse case analysis

🔹 4. CI/CD Pipeline Security

  • Secure pipeline design (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • Secrets management in pipelines
  • Build integrity and artifact security
  • Security gates and policy enforcement

🔹 5. Static & Dynamic Security Testing

  • SAST (Static Application Security Testing)
  • DAST (Dynamic Application Security Testing)
  • IAST (Interactive Testing)
  • SCA (Dependency & supply chain security)

🔹 6. Container & Kubernetes Security

  • Docker security fundamentals
  • Image scanning and hardening
  • Kubernetes security (RBAC, network policies)
  • Runtime protection and monitoring

🔹 7. Cloud Security (AWS / GCP)

  • Cloud shared responsibility model
  • IAM and least privilege access
  • Secrets & key management
  • Network security (VPC, private endpoints)
  • CSPM tools and misconfiguration detection

🔹 8. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security

  • Terraform security best practices
  • IaC scanning tools
  • Policy-as-Code (OPA, Sentinel)
  • Drift detection and compliance

🔹 9. Secrets Management & Encryption

  • Secure storage of secrets (Vault, Key Vault)
  • Encryption in transit and at rest
  • Key rotation strategies
  • Token security and lifecycle

🔹 10. Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response – High Level

  • Centralized logging and SIEM basics
  • Detecting anomalies and threats
  • Incident response lifecycle
  • Security alerting and triaging

🔹 11. Compliance & Governance

  • OWASP ASVS & SAMM
  • NIST, ISO 27001 basics
  • GDPR, PCI-DSS overview
  • Security policies and audit readiness

🔹 12. DevSecOps Automation & Tooling

  • Security automation using Python/Bash
  • Integrating tools into pipelines
  • Workflow orchestration
  • Reducing false positives

🔹 13. AI & Modern Security Trends (Advanced)

  • AI/LLM security basics
  • Prompt injection and data leakage
  • Secure AI pipeline design
  • Emerging threats in modern applications

🎯 Learning Outcomes

  • Implement security controls across CI/CD pipelines
  • Perform automated security testing and vulnerability management
  • Design secure cloud and containerized architectures
  • Apply Zero Trust and least privilege principles
  • Build and scale DevSecOps practices within organizations