Secure Software Development Courses and Certifications

Packt

Secure Software Development

42 ratings at Coursera

Integrate security into every stage of the SDLC: choose development methodologies, apply CMM and SAMM, practice secure coding, and assess API, cloud, and third-party risks.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC)

Security cannot be bolted on: model threats with STRIDE, prevent SQL injection and XSS, apply SAST and DAST, and harden deployments with HTTPS and TLS.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Learn how Microsoft supports secure software development as part of a cybersecurity solution

Pairs Azure's Well-Architected security principles with hands-on GitHub repository hardening — Dependabot alerts, SECURITY.md policies, and purging secrets from commit history.

• Microsoft Learn
• 3 hours 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Education and Training for Secure Software Development and Distribution

Learn essential strategies for developing and distributing secure software, addressing industry gaps and exploring steps to enhance cybersecurity practices in software engineering.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Secure Code, Safe Future: Mastering Security in Critical Software Development

Discover practical secure coding techniques and strategies for developing robust software, including vulnerability management, SBOM implementation, and hands-on security practices for critical infrastructure projects.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Career Certificate

AI Coding for Security

Build secure, production-ready applications using modern development workflows, CI/CD, and AI-specific security practices.

• VDCI
• 60 hours
• Self-Paced
• $2,999.00

Career Certificate

Secure Software Design

438 ratings at Coursera

Build security into software design: work through SDLC models, architecture and design patterns, UML, database design, unit testing, and design threats with their mitigations.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

Software Architecture Security - The Complete Guide

6733 ratings at Udemy

Become a better Software Architect by designing secure systems

• Udemy
• 4 hours 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Cybersecurity Capstone Project

158 ratings at Coursera

Build a secure software system in a Build-it, Break-it, Fix-it contest, then hunt for flaws in other teams' systems and fix your own.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Fundamentals of Secure Software

12 ratings at Coursera

Identify and mitigate software vulnerabilities using the OWASP Top 10, threat modeling with Threat Dragon and MITRE ATT&CK, secure CI/CD pipelines, and supply chain and cloud security.

• Coursera
• 13 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt

Cyber Secure Coder (CSC-110)

Identify software vulnerabilities, apply secure design principles, prevent buffer overflows and race conditions, and use the OWASP Top Ten across web, mobile, IoT, and desktop applications.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Edureka

Secure Coding and SSDLC for Developers

Learn to write secure application code and embed security across the lifecycle: input validation, authentication and session controls, threat modeling, SAST/DAST, and DevSecOps automation in CI/CD.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

CertNexus Career Certificate

Certified Cyber Secure Coder (Exam CSC-210)

Build security and privacy into every phase of the development lifecycle: identify and remediate vulnerabilities, handle misconfiguration and the human element, and test secure software.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

CertNexus

CSC: Software Security Essentials

Identify security requirements and common software vulnerabilities, eliminate defects from code, human factors and process gaps, and apply secure design principles against specific threats.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course