The Certified Application Security Engineer (CASE) credential is developed in partnership with large application and software development experts globally. The CASE credential tests the critical security skills and knowledge required throughout a typical software development life cycle (SDLC), focusing on the importance of the implementation of secure methodologies and practices in today’s insecure operating environment. The CASE certified training program is developed concurrently to prepare software professionals with the necessary capabilities that are expected by employers and academia globally. It is designed to be a hands-on, comprehensive application security course that will help software professionals create secure applications. The training program encompasses security activities involved in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC): planning, creating, testing, and deploying an application. Unlike other application security trainings, CASE goes beyond just the guidelines on secure coding practices and includes secure requirement gathering, robust application design, and handling security issues in post development phases of application development. This makes CASE one of the most comprehensive certifications on the market today. It is desired by software application engineers, analysts, testers globally, and respected by hiring authorities.
Learning Objectives
In-depth understanding of secure SDLC and secure SDLC models
Knowledge of OWASP Top 10, threat modelling, SAST and DAST
Capturing security requirements of an application in development
Defining, maintaining, and enforcing application security best practices
Performing manual and automated code review of application
Conducting application security testing for web applications to assess the vulnerabilities
Driving development of a holistic application security program
Rating the severity of defects and publishing comprehensive reports, detailing associated risks and mitigations
Working in teams to improve security posture
Application security scanning technologies such as AppScan, Fortify, WebInspect, static application security testing (SAST), dynamic application security testing (DAST), single sign on, and encryption
Following secure coding standards that are based on industry-accepted best practices such as OWASP Guide, or CERT Secure Coding to address common coding vulnerabilities.
Creating a software source code review process that is a part of the development cycles (SDLC, Agile, CI/CD)
Framework Connections
The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):
Competency Areas
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