Secure Coding Training
OWASP Top 10 developer workshops, language-specific secure coding, hands-on exploit-and-fix labs, and Security Champion program development — training that changes how your team writes code.
Workshops · Labs · Champions · Metrics
OWASP Top 10 workshops, stack-specific hands-on labs, and Security Champion program development — security training that makes a measurable difference.
OWASP Top 10 Developer Workshops
Instructor-led workshops covering the OWASP Top 10 vulnerability categories with developer-focused explanations — teaching how each vulnerability class arises in code, how to exploit it (so developers understand the real-world impact), and how to write the secure alternative. Workshops are adapted to your team's specific technology stack.
- Injection prevention (SQL, Command, LDAP, XPath)
- Authentication and session management security
- Broken access control and authorization patterns
- Cryptographic failures and insecure direct object reference
Language & Framework-Specific Secure Coding
Framework-specific secure coding training tailored to the languages and frameworks your development teams actually use — Spring Boot security configuration, Django ORM injection prevention, Express.js authentication patterns, .NET Core authorization — using real code examples from your codebase type.
- Java / Spring Boot secure coding patterns
- Python / Django / Flask security anti-patterns
- Node.js / Express security best practices
- React / Angular / Vue.js client-side security
Security Champion Development & Governance
Identifying and training embedded Security Champions across development teams — engineers who serve as the first point of contact for security questions, threat modeling participants, and advocates for secure coding practices within their team. Includes champion identification criteria, curriculum, and ongoing enablement cadence.
- Security Champion candidate identification framework
- Champion-specific advanced curriculum (threat modeling, code review)
- Monthly champion community of practice cadence
- Champion recognition and progression pathway
73% of Application Vulnerabilities Are Introduced by Unaware Developers
Most application vulnerabilities aren't introduced by malicious actors — they're introduced by developers who don't know that what they're writing is insecure. Developer security training addresses the root cause of application vulnerabilities at the source, rather than relying entirely on downstream testing to catch what developers inadvertently introduce.
AppSec tools — SAST, DAST, SCA — detect vulnerabilities after they've been written. Security training prevents them from being written in the first place. The most cost-effective AppSec program combines both: automated testing as a safety net, and trained developers as the primary defense.
73% Developer-Introduced
73% of application vulnerabilities are written by developers unaware of the security implications — training prevents them at source.
50% Faster Remediation
Trained developer teams fix vulnerabilities 50% faster because they recognize patterns and can fix without AppSec involvement.
Scalable Champions
One Security Champion per team creates a scalable security model that grows with engineering headcount without proportional AppSec spend.
Prevention > Detection
The cost to fix a vulnerability caught at the PR stage is 12 minutes. The cost to catch it through training is zero — it never gets written.
5-Phase Developer Security Training
From vulnerability gap analysis and curriculum design through workshop delivery, hands-on labs, and Security Champion program launch.
Vulnerability Analysis & Training Gap Assessment
Analyzing your existing SAST, DAST, and penetration testing findings to identify the vulnerability patterns most prevalent in your codebase — ensuring the training curriculum is informed by your actual vulnerability history and not a generic checklist. Developer skills baseline assessment to calibrate training depth.
Curriculum Design (Stack-Specific, Findings-Informed)
Designing a training curriculum specific to your team's language stack, framework usage, and the vulnerability patterns identified in the gap assessment. Curriculum includes lecture modules (concept and context), code review exercises (identify the vulnerability in provided code samples), and hands-on lab exercises (exploit and fix).
Instructor-Led Workshop Delivery
Delivering training as live, instructor-led workshops — either in-person or virtual — with interactive Q&A, real-time code review exercises, and developer-led discussion of real vulnerability examples. Workshop sessions are typically 2–4 hours per topic area, designed to fit within working-day schedules.
Hands-On Lab Exercises
Developer hands-on lab exercises using intentionally vulnerable application environments — WebGoat, DVWS, custom lab environments built from your tech stack — where developers write exploit code, observe the impact, then fix the vulnerability and verify the fix. Learning by doing dramatically improves retention vs. passive slide-based training.
Security Champion Launch & Ongoing Enablement
Launching the Security Champion program post-training — identifying champions from participating teams, delivering champion-specific advanced curriculum (secure code review techniques, threat modeling facilitation), establishing the monthly champion community of practice, and setting up the metrics to track security champion program effectiveness.
Comprehensive Developer Security Curriculum
OWASP Top 10, injection prevention, authentication, API security, Security Champion curriculum, and secure code review training.
OWASP Top 10 Workshop
Comprehensive OWASP Top 10 coverage — A1 through A10 with developer-focused explanations, real exploit demonstrations, and hands-on fix exercises. Adapted to your technology stack with framework-specific code examples rather than abstract vulnerable code samples.
Injection Prevention
SQL, Command, LDAP, XPath, and SSTI injection prevention training — parameterized queries, ORM usage, input validation architecture, and command execution security patterns for every language in your stack.
Authentication & Session Security
Authentication architecture security (password hashing, MFA, OAuth 2.0 implementation), session management (token generation, secure cookie attributes, session invalidation), and JWT security — practical patterns for every auth framework in use.
Secure API Design
API security training for REST and GraphQL — authentication and authorization patterns, input validation, mass assignment prevention, rate limiting, and secure error handling — with practical code examples for your API framework.
Security Champion Curriculum
Advanced curriculum for Security Champions — secure code review methodology (what to look for and how to report), threat modeling facilitation (STRIDE applied to user stories), and developer-to-developer security communication patterns.
Secure Code Review Training
Teaching developers how to identify security vulnerabilities during peer code review — what patterns to search for, how to frame security feedback constructively, and how to evaluate whether a proposed fix is actually secure. Practical skills for the entire engineering team.
Training That Changes How Developers Write Code
Security training only works when it's relevant, practical, and delivered in the developer's context. We design training around your actual vulnerability history, your stack, and your team — not a generic curriculum.
Findings-Informed Curriculum
Training informed by your actual vulnerability history — not a generic security curriculum. We analyze your SAST and pen test findings before designing content, ensuring developers learn the patterns that actually appear in your codebase.
Exploit then Fix
Developers who have exploited a vulnerability themselves understand it at a fundamentally different level than developers who've read a description of it. Our labs teach by doing — developers exploit vulnerable code, observe the impact, then fix and verify.
Stack-Specific Code Examples
Generic secure coding training with pseudocode examples has minimal retention in real development contexts. We use real code in your language and framework — Spring Boot, Django, Express, .NET Core — so developers can apply learnings immediately.
Scalable Champion Model
One central AppSec team cannot review every PR in a fast-moving engineering organization. Security Champions create a distributed security presence — a developer in every team who can review, advise, and escalate without always requiring central AppSec involvement.
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Train Developers to Write Secure Code From Day One
The most cost-effective point to prevent a vulnerability is before it's written. Let's build a developer security training program that makes your engineering team your strongest security defense.
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