Application Security: Fundamentals

The foundation of secure software development

Cyber threats like data breaches, ransomware, and phishing are everyday realities. They often arise not from bad intentions, but from a lack of security knowledge. In this training, you’ll learn how attacks happen, how hackers think, and – most importantly – how to use that knowledge to better protect your applications.

We work with the internationally recognized OWASP standards, the most widely used framework for secure software development. You’ll learn to recognize, prevent, and mitigate the ten most common vulnerabilities, with special focus on API security. Theory, demos, and hands-on exercises alternate, so you not only know what to do but also why.

This training is designed by Betabit specialists who work daily on business-critical software in Azure. Their real-world experience ensures that every example is realistic and directly applicable in your own development environment.

What you’ll learn

After a short introduction, you’ll get to work with demos, exercises, and hands-on challenges:

• Hacker mindset & hacker kill chain
  • Understand how hackers think and operate
  • Learn to recognize attack patterns
  • Theoretical explanations and demonstrations
• OWASP: Open Worldwide Application Security Project
  • Background and relevance of OWASP
  • Applying the OWASP and API Security Top 10
• The most common vulnerabilities
  • Broken Object Level Authorization
  • Broken User Authentication
  • Excessive Data Exposure
  • Cross-site scripting (XSS)
  • Cross-site and Server-side Request Forgery (CSRF/SSRF)
  • Lack of Resources and Rate Limiting
  • Broken Function Level Authorization
  • Mass Assignment
  • Security Misconfiguration
  • Injection
  • Improper Assets Management
  • Security Logging and Monitoring
• Hands-on exploitation and mitigation
  • Discover, exploit, and fix vulnerabilities yourself
  • Practical exercises with post exploitation, reverse shells, and hacking tools

Security as an integral part

After this training, you’ll spot vulnerabilities faster, understand how attackers think, and know which measures are truly effective. You’ll gain the knowledge and skills to embed security structurally into your development — not as an afterthought, but as a core element of true craftsmanship.