OWASP Application Developer Training

What Is It?

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a non-profit organisation that provides knowledge and insight to developers, so they create more secure applications. OWASP application developer training distils this guidance and supplements it with additional content and delivery mechanisms to make a training programme for organisations to understand common vulnerabilities, the tenants of secure code alongside practical advice so that developers become more security aware and have enhanced security capability in their development roles.

Why Assess It?

There are many reasons to conduct OWASP application developer training, five of which are below.

Safe Learning Environment

Conducting training allows developers to see the impact of insecure code and how to avoid it without the challenging emotions that come with using code they have previously developed which may contain security vulnerabilities. Learning from a third parties mistakes is an effective way of quickly upskilling developer teams.

Save Cost and Time

Insecure code costs your organisation both time and money. In the event that security vulnerabilities are identified post development then the triage time required to understand both where and how to remediate the vulnerability can be considerable and that is before the effort has been expended to code the fix, test it and deploy it out to the application. If a security vulnerability remains in the application then the cost and damage to your organisation could be substantial, in terms of fines, loss of customers and reputational damage amongst other impacts.

Increase Security

Training developers means that insecure code is less likely to be created and discussions around security requirements will naturally be captured at earlier stages in the development lifecycle.

Understand Risk

Thorough training includes helping developers understand risks better, not only from a viewpoint of how to apportion risk severity and prioritise future development effort but also to understanding how threat actors think and their common areas of focus. This allows developers to think outside the box during development to catch the possible dangerous edge conditions that may have previously been overlooked.

Investment in People

Through securing training for your developers your organisation is visibly demonstrating that it wants to support them in their role by furthering capability. This can not only empower the development team but have a magnification effect as the developers take on security as a discussion point and progress further in the subject after the training.

The Agility Cyber Approach

Like all our engagements, we want you to get the most out of your OWASP application developer training and we do this by:

Multi-Modal Delivery

We do not believe delivering a presentation deck is training. For your organisation to benefit the most we use multiple different methods to deliver the training such as elements that are interactive, providing question and answer parts, practical hands on workshops to provide challenge based learning as well as case studies amongst many other activities.

Practical Advice

The training delivered needs to have a tangible uplift on your security awareness and development output. We do not rely purely on theoretical or high level concepts. We focus on showcasing practical methods for secure coding as well as how to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.

Bi-Directional

Training is about empowering your teams and providing knowledge. This is not achieved by talking at them. We focus on being engaging and collaborating with the teams so everyone feels they are improving together rather than being lectured at.

Tooling Insight

Adding security into your development should not make your developers lives harder, nor delay your projects. This is why we focus on showing how modern tooling can be integrated into the day to day tasks of your developers so that security is ever present but not a blocker or demotivator.

Tailored Advice

Before we deliver any training we want to understand your organisation, the type of applications it develops and the languages / tooling / processes utilised so that your training is tailored to you to further secure its effectiveness.

Benefits of Partnering with Agility Cyber

Mutually Invested

Our experts work with you, not against you. There are no egotistical celebrations when a serious issue is discovered, just rapid full disclosure with pragmatic suggestions for effective remediation followed by ongoing support.

Clarity and Simplicity

We always provide clarity, believe in simplicity and value your time. An example is rather than waiting until the engagement starts, we will conduct open source intelligence gathering activities before the scoping meeting to help us understand your organisations position and risk posture thus enabling us to ask better questions, securing you higher value and saving you time.

Full Consultancy

Our team, based in the UK, is technically exceptional but we pair that with business sense to discover, triage and help you remediate the full range of security issues.

Impartiality

We are impartial, we do not sell you products or the latest buzzword laden trending solution.

Outstanding Service

We have an industry leading turnaround, agility is in our name after all. Proposals are shared with you within 24 hours of the scoping meeting. Accurate and complete daily debriefs are given during every engagement. The report is shared within 5 working days at the latest.

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