Secure Coder
The role
What does a Secure Coder do?
Secure coders take proactive steps to introduce secure coding methodologies before the application or software is introduced into a production environment, often following recommendations from the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation.
The details
Secure Coder career paths

Domain knowledge
- Software development
- Vulnerability Assessment

Related job titles
- Security software developer
- Software testing engineer

Common certifications
Secure Coder career paths

CertNexus Cyber Secure Coder
Learn software development best practices to write secure code.
OWASP Top Ten - 2021
In this learning path, we will look at the OWASP organization and what its purpose is. We will then examine Broken Access Control, Cryptographic Failures, Injection Attacks, Insecure Design and Security Misconfiguration. We’ll use demos, graphics and real-life examples to help you understand the details of each of these risks.

Writing Secure Code in Java
Learn the ins and outs of writing secure coding in Java.
Plans & pricing
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