This module dives into the most critical security flaws plaguing modern applications through the OWASP Top 10 framework. Learners identify and mitigate injection attacks, broken access control, XSS, CSRF, and authentication vulnerabilities through hands-on code analysis and remediation. Students implement secure authentication flows, password storage, OAuth 2.0, secrets management, and encryption for data protection. Each lesson combines vulnerability exploitation understanding with practical secure coding techniques in Python and JavaScript, ensuring students can both recognize and prevent these flaws in production code.

This module focuses on practical secure coding techniques and automated security testing integration. Learners apply OWASP Secure Coding Practices across multiple languages, identify and refactor common anti-patterns like insecure deserialization and hardcoded credentials, and implement secure error handling and logging. Students integrate automated security testing tools (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD pipelines using Bandit, Semgrep, OWASP ZAP, and Snyk. The module culminates with leveraging GenAI for intelligent code review, vulnerability detection, and security test generation while understanding AI limitations and risks.

This module prepares students for enterprise-level secure software design by covering API security, cloud and container deployments, and cybersecurity governance. Learners apply OWASP API Security Top 10 principles to design secure RESTful and GraphQL APIs with proper authentication, rate limiting, and versioning. Students learn cloud shared responsibility models, container hardening, and Infrastructure as Code security. The module concludes with cybersecurity governance frameworks (NIST SSDF, ISO 27001), policy development, and complete secure architecture blueprints for real-world applications. Capstone project integrates all course concepts into comprehensive secure application design.